Readdy Rallies The Troops

Letter from NASA Space Missions Operations Directorate AA Bill Readdy to Return to Flight Teammates

“Although we know much more than ever before in the history of the Space Shuttle program about the previously unknown or unappreciated risks and we’ve reduced the risk substantially, we must accept the fact that we can never eliminate all the risks. There can be no ‘singing ourselves to sleep’ that we’ve fixed everything possible, nor could we ever. Spaceflight, even more than aviation, has been terribly unforgiving of carelessness, oversight or neglect. So we must remain diligent, disciplined and vigilant.”