We think: NASA’s chief should welcome Obama team’s scrutiny, editorial, Orlando Sentinel
“For NASA, the transition between the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama has been a bumpy ride. The blame goes to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. Last week the Sentinel reported that Mr. Griffin, trying to protect the space agency’s Constellation program, was obstructing information-gathering by Mr. Obama’s transition team. With its goal of sending astronauts to the moon and Mars, the program is considered Mr. Griffin’s signature project. Mr. Griffin vehemently disputed the report. But a NASA spokesman confirmed to The Washington Post that the administrator had told the head of the transition team, a former associate administrator at NASA, that no one on her team had the engineering qualifications to evaluate the agency’s choice of rocket for the program.”
