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The Grand Master of Foot-In-Mouth Speaks

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
July 6, 2010
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Former NASA chief: Muslim outreach is ‘perversion’ of NASA’s mission, SF Examiner
“Michael Griffin, who headed NASA during the last four years of the Bush administration, says the space agency’s new goal to improve relations with the Islamic world and boost Muslim self-esteem is a “perversion” of NASA’s original mission to explore space. “NASA was chartered by the 1958 Space Act to develop the arts and sciences of flight in the atmosphere and in space and to go where those technologies will allow us to go,” Griffin said in an interview Tuesday. “That’s what NASA does for the country. It is a perversion of NASA’s purpose to conduct activities in order to make the Muslim world feel good about its contributions to science and mathematics.”
White House, NASA, Defend Comments About NASA Outreach to Muslim World Criticized by Conservatives, ABC
“But the comments have caused a kafuffle. The Washington Examiner’s Byron York interviewed former NASA administrator Michael Griffin, who headed the space agency during the last four years of the administration of President George W. Bush, who called Bolden’s stated charge for NASA a “perversion of NASA’s purpose.”
Keith’s note: Oh great. Leave it to Mike Griffin to get on the train to crazy town and use the words “NASA”, “perversion”, and “Muslim” in the same sentence. Thanks for elevating the conversation, Mike.

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