This spacecraft and systems will build upon the foundation of the proven designs and technologies used in the Apollo and space shuttle programs, while having far greater capability. |
This time, it was Michoud's turn to take a bullet for the team, |
This was the boldest test flight anyone ever did. |
Those are two big shoes to fill. All of us have to win our spots again. It's not a hand-me-down position. |
To make a decision to work in the field of space science is almost the ultimate in delayed gratification. |
Understanding the mechanism for foam loss, we now believe we have some approaches to prevent it - or if not prevent it, to control the size of it. |
Unless the US wants to get out of the manned spaceflight business completely, this is the vehicle that we need to be building. What we're really developing is the shuttle's successor. |
Until we run out of time to make the September window, we'll preserve it. |
Vince is not on defense, ... I would think people would see we held Tech to 17 points and say, 'Hey, they must have a defense.' |
vision for space exploration. |
We are giving ourselves what we hope is plenty of time to evaluate where we are, ... We don't see the tasks remaining before us being as difficult as the path behind us. |
We are largely deferring utilization (of the station) and we are paring logistics (flights) to the bone. |
We are pressing hard to make it (a May launch), but we are not pressing so hard that we would do something silly. |
We are still dealing with the loss of (shuttle) Columbia. NASA simply cannot afford to do everything that our many constituencies would like us to do. |
We at NASA are seeking relief from the (law), which after April next year would preclude cooperation with Russia in relation to certain aspects |