Wayne Hale
Person on 4 sites
Retired NASA engineer and manager, a Space Shuttle flight director for forty missions and Space Shuttle Program Manager or Deputy for five years. Writes about…
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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12 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Spaceflight is not safe by any ordinary standard of safety, and pretending otherwise is what kills crews. (opens korrents.com)
“Before getting too far, remember this constant in space flight: it is not safe by any ordinary consideration of safety.”
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A declared root cause is a best guess, not a fact, and should be treated with suspicion. (opens korrents.com)
“Always take the determination of ‘root cause’ with a grain of salt.”
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Engineers will always ask for more data, so someone has to decide without certainty and own the risk to human life. (opens korrents.com)
“The engineers will always always always ask for more tests, more analysis, more time to get more information to be more certain of their conclusions.”
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Spaceflight is not safe by any ordinary standard of safety, and pretending otherwise is what kills crews. (opens korrents.com)
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27 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (opens rcmnd.app)
“I still consider 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' to be my favorite book and the blueprint for what should have followed.”
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The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot The Cure at Troy”
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The Cure at Troy (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Cure at Troy – Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney”
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (opens rcmnd.app)