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
land talking
We're going to land one way or another, one place or another, and all we're talking about is where.
beginning goals ourselves year
This has been a big year for us. We set some goals for ourselves at the beginning of the year, and we accomplished those goals.
future investment program space
The space program is a long-term investment in our future,
apollo
It is very Apollo-like ... but bigger. Think Apollo on steroids.
aviation common flight hardware listening opinions people sending signals spend stuff test theme time
If you spend much time on this stuff and aviation accidents, a common theme is that of not listening to the signals the hardware is sending - the test results, the flight results, the dissenting opinions of the people involved.
budget keeps money nasa
This is not about new money, ... This is about a budget which keeps NASA ... approximately where it is today.
coming feet
his feet actually were coming up off the ground.
apollo folks
By and large, the Apollo folks got it right,
delay entire existence friend program space tom
The space program has had no better friend in its entire existence than Tom DeLay. He's still with us and we need to keep him there.
apollo unless vehicle wants
Think of it as Apollo on steroids, ... Unless the U.S. wants to get out of manned spaceflight completely, this is the vehicle we need to be building.
partners russian shuttle station sustained
Our Russian partners have steadfastly sustained the station while the shuttle has been down.
apollo
Think of it as Apollo on steroids. But understand, we did not set out to make it look like Apollo.
crucial future land lewis
The requirement to live off the land will be crucial to our future in space, just as it was to Lewis and Clark.
looks
Much of it looks the same, ... It's a significant advancement over Apollo.