Purge Update
U.S. Congress Reorganizes Committees to Consider NASA Budget, Lori Garver, Planetary Society
“The current head of the Exploration Office has already resigned, Rear Admiral Craig Steidle, after being “re-assigned” to a new position. More than 50 additional NASA senior managers will be “re-assigned” in the coming weeks. Many of those will likely choose to resign, opening up key positions to a new team of NASA leaders.”
NASA Chief to Oust 20 – Shake-Up Linked to Mars Initiative, Washington Post
“At the same time, the sources said, Griffin wants to restore NASA’s glamour, reasserting the engineering and science leadership that has been eroding since the Apollo era. To this end, the sources said, he is willing to oust as many as 50 senior managers in a housecleaning rivaling the purge after the 1986 Challenger explosion.”
