…from Lori Garver (for whom it is first hand) and Michael Sheetz. Here‘s a sample chapter.
7 thoughts on “A New Space History Book”
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…from Lori Garver (for whom it is first hand) and Michael Sheetz. Here‘s a sample chapter.
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The subtitle should be How I Got Taken to the Cleaners by the United States Congress because I overestimated my political acumen
Other than call a jobs program a space program, what did she accomplish?
Arguably, she saved Commercial Crew.
You mean almost sank it
The timing of this book compared to the consideration of the NASA Administrator is, of course, no coincidence. Of greatest relevance are her views on the Moon. Whereas the lunar surface was not to be mentioned during her term, she told me that was more Bolden’s thing. She has repeatedly said that we don’t have Cold War level reasons to return to the Moon. She is looking for what big issue that NASA could address and very clearly it is global warming-driven climate change. So, I don’t see her being particularly driven to push for lunar development.
In fact, she suggested that NASA abandon all thought of deep space exploration and remake itself as a climate change agency in the now infamous Washington Post oped. The pushback against it was so intense that she has since softened that stance. As for “cold war reason” I have to point to Communist China, which has lunar ambitions and is as evil as the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were in their day.
I don’t see station keeping, or a slow decay as a great accomplishment. NASA has been a gradual reduction in capability since about 1968. She could have been more effective in a think tank somewhere. At least she would not have been overseeing a stagnant jobs program masquerading as a space program. As one who was asked, at the point of a gun, to contribute to this agency, I expected better performance, or at least an admission of failure. Until Elon and Bezos came along, I get neither.