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According to nasawatch.com, the names still in play are "Steidle and
Walker, and to a lesser extent, Kadish and Worden (despite Brownback's endorsement)." A little information on each: NASA Associate Administrator Craig Steidle: * Retired Navy rear admiral * Current head of NASA's Office of Exploration Systems * Ran programs for F/A-18 and Joint Strike Fighter (Defense Department's largest program) * Won Defense Department's David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award, for streamlining military acquisitions http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Dec14.html http://www.thespacereview.com/article/148/1 http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archi.../apr2a_97.html http://www7.nationalacademies.org/as...esentation.pdf Former Rep. Bob Walker * Member of Moon-Mars Commission * Former Chairman of the House Science Committee * Member of SpaceDev's Board of Directors http://www.space.com/news/staif_bush_040210.html http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=79 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=4320 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=8322 http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030...2308-4284r.htm Ret. Air Force Lieutenant General Ron Kadish * Frontrunner candidate immediately after O'Keefe's resignation announcement * Director of Missile Defense Agency http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5988 http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0107/14/smn.12.html http://www.senate.gov/~armed_service...rch/Kadish.pdf Ret. Air Force Brigadier General Simon "Pete" Worden * Publically endorsed by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) * Rumors of support from Robert Bigelow * Former head of Office of Strategic Influence (shut down under controversy) * Doctorate in Astronomy * Proponent of tracking Near-Earth Objects * Proponent of private sector involvement in space exploration and settlement http://www.marshall.org/pdf/materials/230.pdf http://brownback.senate.gov/pressapp....cfm?id=230179 http://cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/ar...ggenworden.htm http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2002/02/dod022602.html Who would you most like to see as NASA Administrator? Who do you think will actually be picked? What can be done to try to influence the decision? I'd personally be happy with either Craig Steidle or Pete Worden, although I think Steidle's chances are much better. I like Worden's ideas better, but Steidle probably has more applicable experience, and doesn't have the possible specter of the Office of Strategic Influence. -- Neil |
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