LSINC Corporation Appoints Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr. President “LSINC Corporation today announced that Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr. will join the company as President. LSINC is a rapidly growing firm dedicated to helping clients achieve mission success by providing innovative strategy assurance and product development, to bring client ideas to reality. Lightfoot is for the former Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) serving in the position for […]

How the Trump era is changing the federal bureaucracy, Washington Post “The clock ran out for hundreds of acting officials in November when a little-known law called the Vacancies Act – designed to spur presidents to staff their government – kicked in, limiting them from making official decisions. The law allows acting officials to serve for up to 300 days, at which point they must yield their authority to the […]

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 […]

Huntsville to have co-pilot in NASA (editorial), Huntsville Times “Marshall Space Flight Center Director Robert Lightfoot’s promotion to NASA headquarters should bode well for Marshall as NASA focuses on development of America’s next generation rockets. … Huntsville lawyer Mark McDaniel, who served on the national NASA advisory council from 2000 to 2005, said Lightfoot will be a key player in decisions by the NASA administrator, president and Congress. “In Washington, […]

NASA Administrator Announces Senior Leadership Changes “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Tuesday changes to his senior leadership team. Associate Administrator Chris Scolese was named director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and Robert Lightfoot, director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will serve as acting associate administrator. Both will assume their new responsibilities on March 5.” Marshall’s Robert Lightfoot Promoted To Acting Associate […]

– Sen. Rockefeller (statement) Witness Panel 1 – Charles Bolden(statement) Witness Panel 2 – KSC Center Director Robert D. Cabana – JSC Center Director Michael L. Coats – MSFC Center Director Robert M. Lightfoot

Deputy NASA leader Lori Garver thinks stalemate between Congress and White House is over, Huntsville Times “Garver was asked how NASA can plan at the same time to either fast-track a new rocket next year or continue working on the Constellation program the administration still wants canceled. What happens to NASA’s workforce if the issue isn’t decided? “If we were still in a stalemate, a continuing resolution would be tough,” […]