Comments on: NASA resisting Obama efforts to “look under the hood”

By: SnotLikeBlasterpoop

SnotLikeBlasterpoop — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:12:25 +0000

#21 – Humans going into space is the most important thing that’s ever happened. You mention monitoring “Earth”. Earth is tiny, unimportant speck is a much larger universe. For mankind to survive it must spread out. Stop thinking small.

By: Rick Cain

Rick Cain — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:04:16 +0000

Griffin had better get his resume’ ready. Obama will be getting rid of everybody. I think Gates will be the only survivor and his job is temporary at best.

By: deowll

deowll — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:40:15 +0000

At the moment this guy doesn’t have to tell Obama or his people jack however this in no way to treat your next boss if you expect to keep your job.

I can only assume this guy expects to get fired anyway and wants to delay the investigation until after he is terminated.

By: Paddy-O

Paddy-O — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:33:30 +0000

NASA has been screwed with by pols for decades. Until the politicians stopped micromanaging it it’ll never move forward.

In other words, NASA will remain the way it is.

By: Donal

Donal — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:06:20 +0000

The obvious question is, why is someone that smart in an administrative position?

By: James Hill

James Hill — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:47:39 +0000

Interesting how (almost) no one is taking the left/right bait from the editor. Way to stay on topic guys.

Personally, I think Griffin is trying to be a hero for a lot of NASA-lifers who are tired of being lead around by the executive branch. He knows he’ll lose… but going out a hero is better than going out as Bush’s lackey.

As for NASA itself, I’ve yet to hear a really good case… beyond “it’s cheaper”… for the shuttle replacement coming in a few years. NASA is in need of an intellectual bailout; new thinking, new ideas, and new ambition. Who knows if its going to happen.

By: Deep-Thought

Deep-Thought — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:35:18 +0000

President ELECT the new super power?

By: RTaylor

RTaylor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:32:36 +0000

NASA does need to be restructured. Griffin is just in a pissing contest which he’ll lose. He serves at the pleasure of the President. Humans beyond low Earth orbit are too expensive for a single nation. NASA’s budget will probably take significant hits as the economic crises worsens, which it will. The budget doesn’t amount to much, but cuts will be symbolic.

By: mthrnite

mthrnite — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:20:39 +0000

A rat done bit my sister Nell…

etc…

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:19:37 +0000

#21, You are a moron. I don’t know what else to say.

By: dg

dg — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:17:42 +0000

“Not qualified” is a cop-out.

If you cannot explain technical issues to any university-educated person clearly enough for them to understand it, then YOU are the idiot.

By: JimD

JimD — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:13:11 +0000

Sending Humans into space COSTS TOO MUCH !!! Too much of the Payload goes to Life Support – would be more profitable to send ROBOTS with more instrumentation !!! No Life Support – air, water, food, urine-recycling machines, etc … I don’t even want to ask how they will recycle solid human waste – YECH !!! And of course, NO LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE in the event of the predictable rocket failure – just build another robot !!! So Obama can kill the Constellation, and have NASA build more satellites to monitor Earth and global warming and CO2 Pollution !!!

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:41:09 +0000

#17 – Lyin’ Mike

>>Right now Obama has no position in the
>>government. He is president-elect only.

So then why are you wingnuts bitching and moaning about him all the time?

As to Obama’s status, if he did NOT seek information, and walked into meetings like Dumbya, with pretzel crumbs on his suit and not a thought in his head, say “So. What are we talking about here? Huh?”, you’d bitch and moan about him. When he tries to do things the right way, and gather information on programs he’ll be responsible for, you bitch and moan about him.

Why not just STFU and wait the 39 days until he takes office, THEN see what he does?

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:06:59 +0000

It’s the Civil Service Missile! It won’t work and you can’t fire it.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:39:17 +0000

okay, two of the best arguments I can provide FOR Griffin are the following:

“Ms. Garver received her Masters degree in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from the George Washington University in 1989, and her Bachelors degree in Political Science and Economics from Colorado College in 1983.”
The important part of this is: she’s not even a technical person, much less a scientist or engineer. I see people with business or marketing (or economics or whatever non-technical) degrees making decisions around at work (NASA) on nearly a daily basis, and it’s the cause for a very large part of the b.s. we have to go through. Non-technical people giving marching orders on technical subjects is bad, plain and simple.

“Garver has served as a lead space policy advisor for the Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry campaigns for president.”
Her assistance has been far from non-partisan, and she just happens to have sided with the party that chooses big spending for welfare programs over scientific achievement EVERY TIME.

Based on her resume (above), I’m sure Griffin sees her as a bureaucrat through and through, and believes that she’ll make some ridiculous recommendation to the President/Congress that goes against everything he worked for in office.

Since he’s already stated he’s resigning, the only good reasons for stories like this to be circulating are either that she’s being ultra-obnoxious in her pursuit of her “transition agenda” or that she’s trying to make him look bad (also to further her transition agenda).

On a personal note, it really ticks me off that we had an associate administrator that who’s entire background is in politics and PR.