It's important to have a schedule. We are trying to make appropriate decisions in light of the schedule and not let it drive us to overly risky or foolish decisions. |
It's not going to be like, shuttle ends and we send out our resumes and see if we can find a job at Wal-Mart or McDonald's. This is going to be, 'Oh My goodness! Where are we going to get enough people to do all the things on our plate? |
Let me put this in very simple words in plain English. The results of the technical investigation are going to allow us to fly. And the only people, quite frankly, that I get pressure from on launch schedules is the media. OK? |
My heart has been in my throat all morning. It's been a great day. |
My immediate, knee-jerk reaction was that we can live with this, ... On the other hand, this is bigger than we've seen before. |
My job is to make sure it isn't three. |
None of the things I showed you are satisfactory, ... The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape. |
None of the things I showed you are satisfactory. The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape. |
of an old truck I own. |
Once we get wheels stop, we'll turn our attention to what do we need to do to make sure that subsequent flights are equally safe. |
Our indications are that nothing will come off or if it does, it would be very small. This little blanket turned out to be a huge effort. We believe the risk is remote, small. The remedy would be worse. We have cleared Discovery to re-enter. |
Our indications are that nothing will come off, or if at least it does come off it will be very small. |
People are already calling us and asking us can they display one of our orbiters in their museum after we're done. I'm not giving anybody anything until we're all agreed the station is complete and the shuttles' job is done. |
People are having to prove why it's safe to fly rather than why it's not safe to fly. This management team today has said, 'If we can't do it the right way, we shouldn't do it at all.' We're willing to stand up and tell our bosses, the American people, if we can't do it the right way. |
Perhaps some of the small pieces did in fact strike the orbiter but we don't have what I'll call solid evidence. |