It’s conventional wisdom that Marshall Space Flight Center’s future is reasonable secure: new NASA administrator Mike Griffin said as much during his first press conference last month. That doesn’t mean, though, that the center’s supports, including Rep. Bud Cramer, aren’t keeping the pressure on to support the center. “I think we may have rounded a corner in a more positive way but the jury’s still out,” he said Monday, according to Huntsville TV station WAFF. He wants to make sure Marshall gets its share of NASA contracts, with as little competition as possible: “Cramer hopes they [NASA Headquarters] will [act quickly] — directing programs here instead of competing them out.”
