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New NASA Administrator Named

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the meet-the-new-boss dept.

CheshireCatCO writes "The Bush Administration has nominated Mike Griffin as the new chief administrator of NASA. Griffin currently heads the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and holds degrees in physics, civil, electrical, and aerospace engineering and aerospace science, as well as an MBA. (How did he ever have time to do anything else?) He was also part of the Strategic Defense Initiative in the 80s."

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  1. Re:Heavy lift by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Russia's biggest operational booster is the Proton, which has equivalent delivered cargo capacity to the US shuttle.

    Before you yell ah-ha! and trot out the Energia, note that I said 'operational'. In all likelihood, no Energia stack will launch again. You might as well count the Saturn V if you're optimistic enough to think the DE will fly again.