OIG: A Review Of Allegations Of Unauthorized Activity By An Executive Assistant To A Former NASA Administrator “In his OIG interview, Bolden initially denied that the EA had provided administrative support to him following his resignation. He stated that the EA could not provide additional support to him while she was a government employee and “I knew it was inappropriate for her to do that.” When asked how he knew […]

Keith’s note: Let’s start with the loss of Columbia in 2003. O’Keefe talks Bush into completing ISS, then retiring Space Shuttle, then going back to the Moon by 2018 and then on to Mars 10 years Later. Then Iraq happens and Griffin changes course with the “Apollo on Steroids” thing and pivots toward Mars and away from the Moon. Then Obama tells Bolden “Moon – been there, done that, lets […]

Former NASA Administrator Weighs in on New Space Agency Head, EOS “Eos: Why wouldn’t Jim Bridenstine have been your first choice? Bolden: He would not have been my first choice because he’s a politician. And he is the first person, to my knowledge, ever selected from political office to become the NASA administrator. I don’t think it’s healthy for the agency to have someone who’s a partisan in that position. […]

The former head of NASA awarded the Order of friendship, Russia News Today “The former head of NASA, Charles Bolden awarded the Russian Order of friendship for contribution to development of cooperation of Russia and USA in space, the corresponding decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin published on the official Internet portal of legal information.” Order of Friendship “The Order of Friendship (Russian: ????? ??????, Orden Druzhby) is […]

What NASA loses without a permanent leader, The Verge “Despite the backlash to Bridenstine’s politician status, being the NASA administrator means mostly working with politicians, says Garver. “I do think it is more a political job than an engineering job. Neither Charlie [Bolden] nor I did any engineering,” she says. “You can’t be an astrophysicist and a propulsion engineer; you got to trust your people to do that. Being able […]

Charles Bolden ‘blunt’ about Trump and space, says president ‘talks a lot’, AL.com “The president had an opportunity after challenging NASA to show how we could put humans on the very first flight of SLS and Orion,” Bolden said. He referred to the Trump administration’s early request that NASA consider a crew on the first launch of the Space Launch System under development. NASA said, “It can be done, but […]

Former #NASA Administrator Bolden fears that President Trump may tweet us out of human access to space via Russia. pic.twitter.com/dlNXaUE576 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 26, 2017 How Long Will ISS Remain Isolated From Terrestrial Politics?, earlier post Keith’s note: How long is the ISS going to be able to remain an orbital, Antarctic-like, politics-free zone? The longer it manages to remain apart from terrestrial turmoils, the more space exploration […]

Former NASA head concerned about climate data efforts under Trump, Nola.com “NASA has yet to receive specific marching orders from the Trump administration, but you have voiced concerns. What is on your mind? I’m having a difficult time adjusting to the turmoil of the first week of the Trump administration. Coming out of NASA and being a former military commander we are very dependent on understanding what is going on […]

Charlie Bolden and Dava Newman react to Robert Lightfoot talking about showing some poor kid a #NASA Powerpoint presentation on an airplane pic.twitter.com/ZoKadIINZi — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 12, 2017 @NASAWatch Funny – I thought our first two years at NASA were our best years. Sorry Charlie didn't agree! — Lori Garver (@Lori_Garver) January 17, 2017 Keith’s note: I managed to watch today’s NASA Town Hall broadcast (internally) on NASA […]

Internal NASA Memo From Charlie Bolden: Reaching for New Heights in 2017 and Beyond “In times when there has been much news about all the things that divide our nation, there has been noticeable bipartisan support for this work, our work – support that not only reaches across the aisle, but across the public, private, academic and non-profit sectors. For this reason, I think we can all be confident that […]