NASA inspector general faults space agency boss, Houston Chronicle “NASA’s chief found himself mired in another controversy Monday, this time for making “inappropriate” contact with an oil company while considering an alternative fuel project. The space agency’s inspector general reported that a 10-minute phone conversation last April between Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. and a senior Marathon Oil Corp. official was inconsistent with the ethics pledge he signed upon taking office […]

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NASA boss investigated for possible conflict of interest on biofuel project “While millions of barrels of spilled oil choke the Gulf of Mexico, NASA is working on an ocean-based biofuels venture that could revolutionize clean-energy production at sea and treat wastewater at the same time. The scientist running the $10 million experiment, called Project OMEGA, uses words such as groundbreaking and exciting to describe his baby. But there’s a hitch. […]