Mike Griffin

Will the Real Mike Griffin Please Stand Up?

Space Ref (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

Will the Real Mike Griffin Please Stand Up?

Griffin: Stick to the Moon

Bad Astronomy (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

Last week, I wrote about NASA Administrator Mike Griffin, and how he may be replaced when Obama takes office. Given that he was a Bush appointee, I imagine he must be thinking he’s on his way out as NASA’s top banana. That may explain why he made a public statement aimed at Obama about NASA’s [...]

Griffin (and others) contemplate his future

Space Politics (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

At an all-hands meeting at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday in advance of tonight’s shuttle launch, NASA administrator Mike Griffin said he doesn’t expect to be retained by the next administration. “[I]f the next president wants to ask me to continue, I’d be happy to do it. I doubt that that will happen. [...]

Flip Flopping on EELV Safety

NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

Will the Real Mike Griffin Please Stand Up? "The Space Frontier Foundation today pointed out that NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin, in an interview with CBS News published last Friday, publicly contradicted his own 2003 testimony to Congress about the safety of flying humans on America's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELVs). "It's one thing for Mike to argue...

• Will the Real Mike Griffin Please Stand Up? - Space Ref

Whither NASA Admin?

Bad Astronomy (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

With President-elect Obama coming in to shake things up — and they will get shook, don’t you fret — a lot of agencies will change. NASA is a government agency, and the head is NASA is Mike Griffin. I’ve had plenty to say about him in the past, both good and bad. I think I’ve [...]

New NASA, New Administrator Under Obama?

Universe Today (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

NASA appears to be in the position of being a priority for our new president, somewhat of a rarity. So what can NASA expect under the Obama administration? NASA administrator Mike Griffin met with employees at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday where workers asked if he would continue as administrator under [...]

NASA chief says US must stick to Moon plan

New Scientist (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

If US President-elect Barack Obama wants to abandon NASA's road map to the Moon, the space agency's chief says he wants no part of it.Not that NASA administrator Mike Griffin, a Bush administration appointee, is expecting to stay on when the Democrat takes office on 20 January."I expect the new president and his team will have their own choice for NASA administrator," Griffin said...

NASA chief says US must stick to Moon plan

New Scientist - The Human Brain (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

If US President-elect Barack Obama wants to abandon NASA's road map to the Moon, the space agency's chief says he wants no part of it.Not that NASA administrator Mike Griffin, a Bush administration appointee, is expecting to stay on when the Democrat takes office on 20 January."I expect the new president and his team will have their own choice for NASA administrator," Griffin said...

• NASA chief says US must stick to Moon plan - New Scientist