Wayne Hale
waynehale.bsky.social
Wayne Hale
@waynehale.bsky.social
Curmudgeon at large. Retired NASA Flight Director.
Thanks for the clear reporting Marcia! And I noted - Purdue again had a number of the ASCANS as graduates!
September 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Oh no, never had any control over the weather. Tomorrow will be better.
But beware of Hale’s Law: when the weather is perfect, the rocket (or its ground equipment) will break.
July 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Whenever someone asked ‘how does the weather look’ at 3 or 4 hours before launch, I would always respond ‘Too early to tell’
July 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Or they can use a sawz-all to cut Discovery up into warily transportable hunks.

What a dumb idea, moving an orbiter at this date.
July 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
No
June 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Weak
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Stupid idea
April 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM