Griffin Outlines the Tough Choices in First Press Conference as NASA Administrator

摘要

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin used his first press conference to outline some of the tough choices the U.S. space agency faces as its begins turning a presidential space exploration vision into bona fide programs. During his first press conference since being sworn in April 14 as NASA administrator, Griffin made clear that the changes NASA needs to make in the months and years ahead could entail pain for some parts of the agency and the companies that support it. "We can't get from the program we were executing to the program we want to execute without having some dislocations," Griffin said. "There are some things we were doing that will be judged less important in the future; there are some things we want to do that have not been judged important in the recent past."