Transition efforts at NASA are not going smoothly, reports Robert Block of the Orlando Sentinel:
NASA administrator Mike Griffin is not cooperating with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, is obstructing its efforts to get information and has told its leader that she is "not qualified" to judge his rocket program, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
In a heated 40-minute conversation last week with Lori Garver, a former NASA associate administrator who heads the space transition team, a red-faced Griffin demanded to speak directly to Obama, according to witnesses.
In addition, Griffin is scripting NASA employees and civilian contractors on what they can tell the transition team and has warned aerospace executives not to criticize the agency's moon program, sources said.
Griffin's resistance is part of a no-holds-barred effort to preserve the Constellation program, the delayed and over-budget moon rocket that is his signature project.
NASA also plays a key role in climate science, and is the parent organization of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which is directed by the agency's top climate scientist, James Hansen.
Griffin has a history of making controversial remarks about global warming, such as, "I'm aware that global warming exists ... Whether that is a longterm concern or not, I can't say." Last year, he said, "It is not NASA's mission to make policy regarding possible climate change mitigation strategies" -- which is true, because in 2006 he altered the agency's mission statement to remove the phrase "to understand and protect our home planet."
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Delay And Deny Posted 10:43 am
12 Dec 2008
Great, the great Green Terror begins.
Despite telling us he would be "pragmatic" and inclusive, Grist tells us that unless people enslave themselves to name calling and ideology they are sent to Siberia.
Are we creating a dictator?
Republicans are wise to raise their hackles and cast shame on such behavior...
Texeme.Construct.Questioner
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PurpleOzone Posted 11:25 am
12 Dec 2008
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Delay And Deny Posted 9:25 pm
12 Dec 2008
>>Purple Ozone wrote "At the rate Siberia is >>warming up, you won't even need a coat."
Hey good jibe. I'm sure you find the millions who perished in Stalin's death camps funny as well. You laugh at all the imprisonment. It's all very funny to Obama supporters.
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Wolverine Posted 3:46 pm
13 Dec 2008
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