NASA Prepares for Future Space Exploration Risk

Posted on: Oct. 29th, 2004 || Source: space.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

CLEVELAND, OH -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agency’s risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.

“We have a lot of work in this arena to do,” said Wayne Hale, NASA’s space shuttle deputy manager at Johnson Space Center in Houston, adding that risk will always be part of any spaceflight. “We’ve brought the risk down a lot, but it’s not [going to be] zero at the end of the day.”

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