Respectfully, I am not sure how it was the “wrong forum.” I was testifying under oath before the United States Congress. I was asked a question about the status of the Gateway hardware, and I gave an honest answer and shared our intent to work with industry and partners to pivot, as appropriate, toward surface applications. It might be worth going back to the tapes if anything was unclear.
I do think it is a bit interesting that the goalposts have moved, maybe not necessarily from you, but my initial description of the problem was challenged as 'outright false' or worse, and now it is being acknowledged as factually correct, with the concern shifting to whether I should have referenced a “repair plan,” when I am not sure there is a deterministic approach to repair, nor that one is even warranted at this point.
President Trump’s National Space Policy calls for America to return to the Moon and establish an enduring presence on the Moon (not above it), to build a Moon Base! And I have no doubt, based on the expected contributions of our many great international partners, that NASA astronauts and our allies will be standing shoulder to shoulder on the surface of the Moon in the years ahead.
Thales Alenia Space has told me that they'll share a statement early next week. I personally think this delay is a catastrophic PR failure, but I am still interested in what they have to say. I also think that while NASA Administrator Isaacman was clearly right on the facts, itESA has confirmed corrosion issues with HALO and I-HAB but pushed back against claims that these were the primary cause of delays to the station's development europeanspaceflight.com/esa-sheds-ligh…- Respectfully, I am not sure how it was the “wrong forum.” I was testifying under oath before the United States Congress. I was asked a question about the status of the Gateway hardware, and I gave an honest answer and shared our intent to work with industry and partners to pivot, as appropriate, toward surface applications. It might be worth going back to the tapes if anything was unclear. I do think it is a bit interesting that the goalposts have moved, maybe not necessarily from you, but my initial description of the problem was challenged as 'outright false' or worse, and now it is being acknowledged as factually correct, with the concern shifting to whether I should have referenced a “repair plan,” when I am not sure there is a deterministic approach to repair, nor that one is even warranted at this point. President Trump’s National Space Policy calls for America to return to the Moon and establish an enduring presence on the Moon (not above it), to build a Moon Base! And I have no doubt, based on the expected contributions of our many great international partners, that NASA astronauts and our allies will be standing shoulder to shoulder on the surface of the Moon in the years ahead.
He means he didn’t like having this information out in public instead of being kept held close to the vest to avoid public humiliation. This is precisely why we have had so many issues, delays, cost overruns and lack of vision … the idea of face saving. this is the wrong
It wasn’t a PR failure. It was a manufacturing failure, which led to bad PR.
