Obama to Abandon NASA

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Reports: Obama Picks Air Force General as NASA Head
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama's made his pick for NASA head ? a
decorated military man, according to several reports.

Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Jonathan Scott Gration, who uses his middle name, is
a career Air Force man who's logged nearly 1,000 hours of combat
flight time and been awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the
Distinguished Service Medal, among many other awards.

The son of missionaries, he was raised in Africa and speaks Swahili.

Reports said an official announcement would be forthcoming Wednesday.
The Obama transition team refused FoxNews.com's requests to comment on
the reports.

Gration is especially close to Obama, having met the young senator in
2005. He and Obama traveled to Africa together in 2006, and Gration
has since been one of Obama's unofficial national-security advisors.

However, unlike current NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, a rocket
scientists, Gration has little space experience other than working as
a White House fellow in 1982 for then-NASA Deputy Administrator Hans
Mark.

Space policy expert John Logsdon told Space.com he didn't think that
was a problem.

"There are lots of NASA administrators who have come from other areas
without a background in space," said Logsdon. "You want a guy who is a
leader and can manage a large organization."

Griffin has earned respect from NASA colleagues for his efforts to
push forward the broad-ranging Constellation program, which includes a
two-vehicle replacement for the retiring space shuttles and plans to
return to the moon and go to Mars ? all in the face of static NASA
budgets and flak from retired NASA personnel.

However, he is viewed as not especially close to either the Bush or
Obama teams. He was caught complaining about the former in a leaked
e-mail, and has reportedly clashed with the latter.

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