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There has been a lot of coverage about Friday’s announcement that the President will nominate Michael Griffin as the next NASA administrator. NASA Watch has a good collection of press releases from organizations and members of Congress that pretty much all say the same thing: they like him, they really, really like him. Over the […] As you probably have already heard, the White House announced Friday afternoon that the Bush Administration will nominate Michael Griffin as the next NASA Administrator. I’ll have more to say later (I’m writing this right now at Cape Canaveral, having just watched an Atlas 5 launch!) but in the meantime you can review his bio. […] In a Washington Post profile article, NASA deputy administrator (and current acting administrator) Fred Gregory is asked if he’d like to be Sean O’Keefe’s permanent replacement: “I would hope not,” he said quickly. But then came the qualifiers: “I’ll tell you, though, it’s a blast; the agency is the most challenging entity that I can […] Florida Today reports that the administration’s search for a new NASA administrator drags on, with no sign of an immediate selection. While the article’s subhead claims that “Experts fear delay is hurting NASA”, the only “expert” cited in the article who makes such a claim is Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), who tends a bit towards […] The Washington Post’s “Federal Diary” column looks at the resistance potential NASA job cuts is facing from one union. Gregory Junemann, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, wrote a letter to the House Science Committee on Friday asking for “increased oversight” of the agency in light of reports that over 2,000 […] The AP reports that another candidate has emerged for the NASA administrator position: Edward Markle, a Loyola Law School graduate and commercial pilot. Markle has the backing of three Louisiana Congressmen; one of them, Richard Baker (R-LA), said that Markle’s “litigation strategies and leadership skills” qualified him to lead the space agency. Yes, folks, that’s […] According to a Congressional source, NASA is planning to transfer $150 million in FY05 funding out of Project Prometheus to other, unidentified programs. This decision is apparently linked to NASA’s decision to indefinitely defer (or, effectively, cancel) the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission. NASA hasn’t yet determined what the pilot mission of its nuclear […] The AP broke the news yesterday that the Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office) is investigating NASA spending practices, with a focus on outgoing administrator Sean O’Keefe. According to four current or former NASA officials who spoke with AP reporter Adam Nossiter, the GAO is looking at O’Keefe’s use of a government jet […] Sean O’Keefe’s time at NASA is just about up. O’Keefe, who announced his resignation in December, said he would stay on until shortly after the FY06 budget proposal was released. The budget came out Monday, and according to this summary of a White House “press gaggle” Wednesday, O’Keefe will be leaving on Friday. In his […] The media’s reaction to the FY06 NASA budget proposal can best be summarized in the headline of this Dallas Morning News article: “Budget signals death warrant for Hubble: Moon, Mars plans trump rescue mission for 15-year-old telescope.” (A runner-up is from the Baltimore Sun: “Manned-flight programs to gain at other NASA efforts’ expense”.) Even though […] |
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