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Late Wednesday afternoon President Obama spoke with the STS-125 crew (MP3 file). Much of the talk centered around platitudes about the successful repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, but at one point in the conversation with commander Scott Altman the topic turned to the vacancy at the top of the space agency: Obama: You […] The AP confirms that President Obama met with Charles Bolden this morning, presumably to talk about the NASA administrator position. The only detail provided by a White House spokesman is that “The administration isn’t expected to announce a new NASA chief immediately,” according to the brief report. In an article in today’s issue of The Space Review, I noted that a lot of people in the space field had been experiencing “angst or impatience” about the lack of a NASA administrator nominee, something that would appear to be assuaged in the immediate future given the rumors that the administration is about to […] As the news accounts of the impending (maybe) meeting between President Obama and potential NASA administrator candidate Charles Bolden mount, it’s interesting to see how different publications report on similar events, namely the White House press conference Friday where press secretary Robert Gibbs indicated that the President would be meeting with Bolden. Or did he? […] Throughout the day Friday news reports, like this AP report, indicated that it was virtually a done deal: Charles Bolden would meet with President Obama on Monday, and very shortly thereafter—maybe even that day—would be formally nominated to become NASA administrator. While the early reports were based on anonymous sources, that appear to be confirmed […] One NASA-related highlight of the House Science and Technology Committee hearing that features John Holdren was his statement that a nominee for NASA administrator could be announced “soon”, as he said at one point in response to a question. Later, he said: I also have some reason for optimism that the President will be […] It is, perhaps, a little surprising that nearly a week after the White House announced that it would conduct an independent review of NASA’s human spaceflight plans, few additional details about that review have been announced. Beyond the chairman, Norm Augustine, the other members of the panel haven’t been announced, nor any additional details about […] This afternoon presidential science advisor John Holdren will appear on NPR’s “Science Friday” broadcast to talk about, among other issues, “the road ahead for NASA”. Potential topics there could include the human spaceflight review announced yesterday, the status of the recreation of the National Space Council, and the FY2010 budget. It would seem that shuttle supporters have won a victory in their efforts to last keep all the remaining missions on the manifest despite the looming September 2010 deadline for its retirement—and chose an unusual means of announcing it. “White House tells me the president will fly all nine remaining shuttle missions – even if […] It appears that a review of NASA’s Constellation program that had been anticipated by many for weeks, if not months, will finally be moving forward. The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday afternoon that the White house will officially order that review later this week, perhaps when the detailed NASA budget request for FY2010 is released on […] |
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