Comments on: More on Stern’s departure and his replacement http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/27/more-on-sterns-departure-and-his-replacement/ Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:35:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: anonymous.space http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/27/more-on-sterns-departure-and-his-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-42738 anonymous.space Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:33:19 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/27/more-on-sterns-departure-and-his-replacement/#comment-42738 "In his email to SMD, stern closed by writing, '[Mike Griffin] remains in my eyes the best Administrator NASA has ever had.' I do not think that Stern would write such an endorsement had his reigns been yanked by Griffin." I don't think it was so much that Griffin yanked Stern's chain as Griffin didn't back Stern up in this (and probably earlier) battles. If Stern couldn't be effective because Griffin wasn't behind him, Stern probably didn't want the job anymore. (Although it's still possible, but probably unlikely, that Griffin asked for Stern's badge because Stern didn't give Griffin a proper "heads up" on this and other sensitive issues Stern was fighting.) Stern might still admire Griffin for other reasons, even if he felt Griffin didn't give him the support he needed to do his job. FWIW... “In his email to SMD, stern closed by writing, ‘[Mike Griffin] remains in my eyes the best Administrator NASA has ever had.’ I do not think that Stern would write such an endorsement had his reigns been yanked by Griffin.”

I don’t think it was so much that Griffin yanked Stern’s chain as Griffin didn’t back Stern up in this (and probably earlier) battles. If Stern couldn’t be effective because Griffin wasn’t behind him, Stern probably didn’t want the job anymore.

(Although it’s still possible, but probably unlikely, that Griffin asked for Stern’s badge because Stern didn’t give Griffin a proper “heads up” on this and other sensitive issues Stern was fighting.)

Stern might still admire Griffin for other reasons, even if he felt Griffin didn’t give him the support he needed to do his job.

FWIW…

]]> By: Jim Hillhouse http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/27/more-on-sterns-departure-and-his-replacement/comment-page-1/#comment-42711 Jim Hillhouse Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:03:54 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/27/more-on-sterns-departure-and-his-replacement/#comment-42711 In his email to SMD, stern closed by writing, "[Mike Griffin] remains in my eyes the best Administrator NASA has ever had." I do not think that Stern would write such an endorsement had his reigns been yanked by Griffin. I rather think that he is tired of working a zero-sum game while JPL seems to be doing its darnedest not contain costs, thereby jeopardizing the Mars programs. In his email to SMD, stern closed by writing, “[Mike Griffin] remains in my eyes the best Administrator NASA has ever had.” I do not think that Stern would write such an endorsement had his reigns been yanked by Griffin. I rather think that he is tired of working a zero-sum game while JPL seems to be doing its darnedest not contain costs, thereby jeopardizing the Mars programs.

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