The New NASA Advisory Council Meets – At Last. But Something Is Missing

The newly reconfigured NASA Advisory Council met today at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. This was the first time that the NAC had met in a year – and was also the first time it met with Mike Griffin as NASA Administrator. But there is one glaring – and unforgivable omission in the panel’s composition. Of the 24 members of the NASA Advisory Council, only one is female.

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