NY Times: Mike is Great – But Why Do This Moon-Mars Stuff?

A Talented Leader for NASA, editorial, NY Times

“Dr. Griffin was no doubt chosen in part because he is a strong advocate of human spaceflight and of the president’s plans to return to the Moon and proceed to Mars. But he is no mindless cheerleader for NASA. In testimony last year, he questioned why so little was expected to result from the tens of billions of dollars that would be spent on the Moon-Mars program in coming years. He also suggested that the $60 billion needed to finish the space station would produce nothing of commensurate value.”