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
hard project ready shuttle space until year
We're going to try as hard as we can to get back in space this year because we have a big construction project we're working on and we need the shuttle to do it, ... So, we're going to try as hard as we can, but we're not going to go until we're ready to go.
designed developing earth
What we're really developing is the shuttle's successor, ... The CEV is designed to go to low-Earth orbit.
affordable believe safer venture ventures
We believe this venture safer and more affordable than any other spaceflight ventures that the U.S. has had,
land talking
We're going to land one way or another, one place or another, and all we're talking about is where.
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.
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.
assembly built choice chose complete confidence confronted fact focused former high largely logistics possibly redefining sequence station
We focused on redefining the station assembly sequence in fact to concentrate on assembly, and we are largely deferring utilization and we are paring logistics to the bone. We don't like that, but confronted with a choice between having a high confidence to be able to complete the assembly of the station and deferring utilization, or utilizing it heavily as we built it and possibly not finishing, we chose the former course.
largely logistics
We are largely deferring utilization (of the station) and we are paring logistics (flights) to the bone.
bulk space talking
What we are talking about is completely traditional in the bulk of our economy, ... We need more of this in the space enterprise.