Bridenstine: I do not deny the consensus that climate is changing and that we as humans are heavily contributing to it. CO2 is a greenhouse gas and we are putting huge amounts into the atmosphere.
Bridenstine: this NASA budget is the 2nd highest earth science NASA has ever had. We need to have research free of political rhetoric. We need a Earth science plan at NASA that follows NAS Decadal plan.
Bridenstine: we are going back to the Moon and on to Mars – together, at the same time. President wants this done on time/budget so I will hold you accountable too 😉
Bridenstine : "Everybody and I mean everybody … we have the best work force in the US government – only way to maintain that is to be the most diverse workforce."
Sounds like he can talk the talk, which is actually quite encouraging. He also doesn’t seem to be afraid of questions and seems to have reasonable answers to them.
He sounded enthusiastic and starting to get a handle on some of the technical issues. The bigger concern will be how the AAs and centers (and their congresional cabals ) fight to hold onto their fiefdoms against the change he may try to implement.
I appreciated his plain-talking and his willingness to take the time to expand on his answers to questions, i.e., not a sound-biter. I also sense that he knows what he doesn’t know and learns what he needs to know.
Remember, he was trained to be an aviator and officer in the U.S. Navy and they have always done a good job training leaders, a training individuals from science rarely receive. I always felt that one reason NASA was successful during Project Apollo was the number of senior leaders who were trained to be leaders by the military in WW II and the Korean War.
“Bridenstine: we are going back to the Moon and on to Mars – together, at the same time. President wants this done on time/budget so I will hold you accountable too ;-)” I suggest that he and others download, from HQ servers, all of the roughly 190 files for the “NASA Estimates of Appropriations Fiscal Year ####” since 1961 and read them carefully and look for the trends, connections, good results and waste that these files show. The reason we have not gone back to the Moon or on to Mars is burred within.
Ultimately actions speak louder than words, which is an idiom seemingly lost in this culture these days.
Personally I am looking for serious changes in human space flight management. The program has been off course for two decades. I will give the new Administrator a few months to see whether he can get he job started. He has some big changes to make: ISS utilization, Orion, a strategic plan for HSF, and education. A lot of these were the subject of the submitted questions today. He did not need to answer them all today, but I will be looking for the answers in the weeks and months head.
Sounds like he can talk the talk, which is actually quite encouraging.
He also doesn’t seem to be afraid of questions and seems to have reasonable answers to them.
Time will tell if he can walk the walk.
He sounded enthusiastic and starting to get a handle on some of the technical issues. The bigger concern will be how the AAs and centers (and their congresional cabals ) fight to hold onto their fiefdoms against the change he may try to implement.
I appreciated his plain-talking and his willingness to take the time to expand on his answers to questions, i.e., not a sound-biter. I also sense that he knows what he doesn’t know and learns what he needs to know.
Encouraging.
Remember, he was trained to be an aviator and officer in the U.S. Navy and they have always done a good job training leaders, a training individuals from science rarely receive. I always felt that one reason NASA was successful during Project Apollo was the number of senior leaders who were trained to be leaders by the military in WW II and the Korean War.
“Bridenstine: we are going back to the Moon and on to Mars – together, at
the same time. President wants this done on time/budget so I will hold
you accountable too ;-)”
I suggest that he and others download, from HQ servers, all of the roughly 190 files for the “NASA Estimates of Appropriations Fiscal Year ####” since 1961 and read them carefully and look for the trends, connections, good results and waste that these files show. The reason we have not gone back to the Moon or on to Mars is burred within.
Ultimately actions speak louder than words, which is an idiom seemingly lost in this culture these days.
Power Point vs. Bending metal
Personally I am looking for serious changes in human space flight management. The program has been off course for two decades. I will give the new Administrator a few months to see whether he can get he job started. He has some big changes to make: ISS utilization, Orion, a strategic plan for HSF, and education. A lot of these were the subject of the submitted questions today. He did not need to answer them all today, but I will be looking for the answers in the weeks and months head.