Mikulski Has 2 Years Left to Support GSFC, Wallops, and SLS
NASA Administrator Lauds Senator Mikulski for Championing America’s Space Program
“Senator Mikulski has been a tireless champion for NASA, and has helped pave the way for future exploration and our journey to Mars.”
Mikulski Announces 5th Term Will Be Her Last, Will Focus on Working for Her Constituents
“Today at Henderson’s Wharf Inn in Fells Point, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) announced she has decided not to run for re-election. Senator Mikulski, who will complete her 5th term in office in January, 2017, says she wants to focus for the next two years on working for her constituents and for the nation.”
Senator Mikulski is the only reason JWST was not cancelled when Goddard overshot the budget by an order of magnitude. NASA should honor her by renaming it after her. The next time Goddard stumbles this badly she won’t be there to save their butts.
Not many retiring Senator’s announcements are displayed above the fold in the Washington Post. Her impact on NASA has been massive and immeasurable and yet does not even make the article’s list of her areas of focus (highway funding, Chesapeake Bay environmental issues and Port of Baltimore security). She has been a role model to so many of us as a strong, tenacious woman who stood up for what she believed in and worked tireless to achieve her goals. She will be deeply missed.
Changing of the guard!
Cheers
Mikulski says she will retire from the US Senate but not from public policy , ever
We can only hope she becomes a strong lobbyist for spaceflight , as needed. It will be needed.
Believe you left out Johns Hopkins and associated institutions, such as APL and the Space Telescope Science Institute, which have done very well on NASA funds.