Posted
1/02/2009 12:11:00 PM
by Douglas
The New York Times weighs in on the Constellation Program and what a
fuster cluck it is.
While some involved in developing the rockets have read volumes into the questions, a spokesman for the transition team, Nick Shapiro, said that “the role of the agency review teams is not to make recommendations on any of the issues they are reviewing. They are fact-finding and preparing the full range of options for consideration by the incoming appointees.”
Nonetheless, tensions have increased between the incoming administration and the management of NASA, whose administrator, Michael D. Griffin, is fighting to keep the program on course. If he is not reappointed by Mr. Obama, his term will end Jan. 20.
Barry seems interested in keeping the moon shot alive. He just needs to find a way to a)publicly justify it and b)find some leadership that can get it done.