Even with the devastation to their lives, it's been kind of remarkable that they have stepped up and are back at work and are trying to balance that with their own personal issues,
It's a problem that has been around for years. It's probably of greater interest now because we're getting ready to fly.
It's a problem that has been around for years.
The teams are now looking at all the data to determine what may have caused the inadvertent alarms that woke up the crew.
I think that May would be the earliest, based on two hurricanes that not only caused damage at some of the facilities but also displaced the work force,
The program hasn't heard the full story. It's very premature to indicate that we're going to do anything with this right now.
That's due to the amount of fuel the 747 can take on due to the heavy orbiter on its back.
We've already booked five to seven days for those activities if we decide they are necessary. We can accomplish any additional work and still meet the schedule we've laid out for July 1.
Doing a late inspection is one of the ways that you increase the likelihood that you have a clean vehicle. It's the length of time in space that drives up the risk of impacts.
The consensus was we have a pristine box, so let?s buy down the risk even further by changing out the box.