Wayne Hale
@waynehale
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Former Space Shuttle Program Manager & Flight Director for 40 missions. Now retired from NASA after 32 years. Currently consults for SAS & a full time grandpa.
Houston, Texas, USA
Joined June 2008
RT @MericaCulture: “He executed an obscure textbook maneuver at Little Round Top that saved the day, saved the Union Army perhaps and maybe….
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In the Star Trek canon - DS9 - are we at the Bell Riots in Los Angeles?.
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This is the saddest news of the day. Marc was absolutely the best in all possible ways. I will miss him.
BREAKING: Canada's first astronaut, Marc Garneau, has died at the age of 76. In a statement, his wife Pam said "He passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of his family". Garneau was elected to Parliament in 2008 and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Transport.
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Time to bring out an oldie but one that speaks to today as well. The applicable part is towards the end: "Meanwhile, could we please quit cancelling rocket projects before they get off the drawing board?".
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Sometimes a Code of Ethics helps in decision making
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Glorious high elevation ISS pass during the middle of the high school graduation ceremony for my granddaughter !.
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Spurious talk: Houston getting a shuttle or NASA HQ. moved here. JSC is deteriorating with the proposed federal budget. I expect a 'smoky bear' hat to wear giving tours at the JSC Historical Site after the NPS takes over. Because Houston doesn't care.
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Immediate reaction from many people in the Houston area was that the Orbiter disposition decision was politically tainted. For example, this was the explanation of my old Rice classmate Annise Par…
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RT @FisherPenCo: April 5 is Gold Star Spouses Day, honoring the surviving loved ones of military service members killed in the line of duty….
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Today I’d like to celebrate the return of Nick Hague, commander of the Crew-9 mission who just spent 6 1/2 months at the ISS. Nick survived a hair raising launch abort on Soyuz and has the courage to ride rockets into space after that.
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February first again. It’s been twenty two years:.
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Prior to the Challenger accident, the theory was that riding on the space shuttle was like riding on a modern jet airliner; passengers are not provided with parachutes and pressure suits. Challenge…
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Thinking about accident investigations and how important it is to not jump to conclusions right away:.
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This week’s crash of a commuter train in New Jersey plus other recent events got me thinking about the lessons I have learned the hard way through several accident investigations. One of the toughe…
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RT @ChallengerCtr: 58 years ago today, we tragically lost the Apollo 1 crew. Today, and every day, we remember and honor the lives of Astro….
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RT @ColumbiaMuseum: The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ is excited to announce the launch of a new content-rich w….
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NASA designated today as "Remembrance Day" Here are my thoughts:.
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“The popular mind often pictures gigantic flying machines speeding across the Atlantic carrying innumerable passengers in a way analogous to our modern steam ships . . . it seems safe to say that s…
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It’s a big day in space: Congratulations to @blueorigin for the successful first mission for New Glenn.Best of luck to @SpaceX on upcoming Starship launch.Wow for Sunni and Nick on their EVA. But might thoughts go back 22 years today:
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Early on I decided that riding the NASA ‘corporate’ jet was not a real advantage. NASA had acquired a number of used Gulfstream II corporate jets to be converted to Shuttle Training Aircraft. Sup…
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