Obama Taps Charles Bolden To Lead NASA

Posted by kdawson on Saturday May 23, 2009 @06:38AM from the in-need-of-a-steadying-hand dept.

viyh notes that President Obama has named former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. as NASA administrator. Obama's campaign space adviser, Lori Garver, will be Bolden's deputy. Bolden flew four shuttle missions, two as commander, as well as 100 combat missions over Viet Nam. If confirmed, Bolden will take over an agency uncertain of its direction. The shuttle Atlantis's landing will mark the end of the servicing era — it was the last planned mission to repair any satellite. Some inside the agency are less than happy about how NASA's future looks from here.

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The value of space exploration by bonch · 2009-05-23 06:52 · Score: 0, Troll

What is the value of space exploration to us at this point in time? Not a rhetorical question; I'm genuinely interested in people's responses.
NASA requires a technologically oriented manager. by Futurepower(R) · 2009-05-23 07:02 · Score: 0, Troll

What's uncertain is how well an experienced pilot with very little technical knowledge can run a huge agency that has extremely complicated technical problems.

Why do people think that managers with little technical knowledge can run technological organizations?

I've written some articles about that issue.