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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. Web sites of interest by Space+or+Extinction · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Official announcement.

    Griffin is currently the head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Previously, he was at In-Q-Tel, Orbital Sciences Corporation, NASA and the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization.

  2. The real question by ProjectMayhem · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does he recognize that rocketry is inherently dangerous and that taking the safe road will leave us grounded for the rest of human existance? I hope this guy has enough balls to realize that we can't make spaceflight 100% safe and that it WILL involve risks.