Wayne Hale quotes

“The bottom line is there is large uncertainty because nobody has a very good handle on the aerodynamics at those altitudes and at those speeds. Given that large degree of uncertainty, life could be normal during entry or some bad things could happen.”
-- Wayne Hale

Source : "Astronaut Will Make Shuttle Repairs in Orbit". "NPR News" with David Kestenbaum, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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“The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews -- that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage.”
-- Wayne Hale

Source : "NASA mulls threat from protrusions". www.cnn.com. August 1, 2005.

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“Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space station.”
-- Wayne Hale

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“Indeed, nowadays no electrical engineer could get along without complex numbers, and neither could anyone working in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics.”

“Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.”

“In nature there are few sharp lines”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1968). “Selected poems”

“As I’m so often reminded what a priceless gift my life is, I ache with everything in me to make it count, so that when I finally cross the finish line, I’ll hear the words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.”

“The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers.”

“Kauai is kind of my place where I go to get centered. Its always my place to come back and feel normal again.”

“After all, I do not have so many ways of proving that I am free. We is always free at the expense of someone else. It is a bother,but it is normal.”

“It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they only maintain this dignity by constantly striving against their own nature.”

“For me, it's painful to make a movie. It's not my normal rhythm.”

“Society chooses to disregard the mistreatment of children, judging it to be altogether normal because it is so commonplace.”