Michael Griffin
Michael Griffin
This prominent aerospace engineer and physicist served from 2005 until 2009 as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Previously, he had headed Johns Hopkins University's Space Department.
ProfessionEngineer
Date of Birth1 November 1949
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It will be able to carry larger and heavier cargos into space and allow more people to stay on the moon for longer periods of time.
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The Chinese have offered an opportunity ... to discuss cooperation.
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The legislation passed by Congress reflects the U.S. government's continuing commitment to nonproliferation objectives but also recognizes the value of international cooperation in space exploration.
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We plan on working out together three or four times a week. Year-round baseball is something we can do here.
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It is important for our employees within NASA to understand that they can appeal a decision by their management. There is a path for everyone to appeal a decision that he or she believes is wrong, and there will be no retribution for appealing.
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I will be visiting Stennis and the Michoud Assembly Facility soon to talk with our people.
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It's a very bold vision for space exploration,
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We have substantial schedule slack at this point, almost a full year. So we would have to have substantial difficulties that we do not now envision in maintaining our flight rate in order to start any consideration of contingency plans.
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We are giving ourselves what we hope is plenty of time to evaluate where we are, ... We don't see the tasks remaining before us being as difficult as the path behind us.