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Topic: Trump Administration NASA Transition Team
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Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 968 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 12-09-2016 04:36 PM
Former astronaut Sandy Magnus is now helping shape the future of NASA as a newly-named member of the incoming administration's transition team. The transition team for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump added six more people to the NASA landing team Friday, representing a range of viewpoints on topics such as commercial spaceflight and development of heavy-lift launch vehicles....the NASA landing team is led by Chris Shank, who worked for House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) until last week. Shank worked for NASA from 2005 to 2009, during the tenure of administrator Mike Griffin. The new members announced Friday are: - Steve Cook, who was in charge of the Ares 1 and Ares 5 rocket programs at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, until leaving the agency in 2009 for Huntsville-based Dynetics
- Greg Autry, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California
- Jack Burns, a professor at the University of Colorado and senior vice president of the American Astronomical Society
- Rodney Liesveld, a former senior policy adviser at NASA
- Sandy Magnus, a former NASA astronaut who flew on three missions, including a 4.5-month stay on the International Space Station, and has been executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics since 2012
- Jeff Waksman, a former research fellow at the U.S. House of Representatives
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albatron Member Posts: 2732 From: Stuart, Florida Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 12-09-2016 05:10 PM
Well that makes it appear as more commercial space as opposed to government space. Interesting. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-14-2016 12:46 PM
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will join an advisory team for President-elect Donald Trump, Trump's transition office announced Wednesday (Dec. 14). The news came ahead of a meeting with top tech leaders, including Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos. Earlier this month, President-elect Trump established the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum and announced an initial round of 16 members. The Forum, which is composed of some of America’s most highly respected and successful business leaders, will be called upon to meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his economic agenda. |
Aztecdoug Member Posts: 1405 From: Huntington Beach Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 12-14-2016 03:41 PM
The Jeff Bezos meeting might prove interesting. I don't think these two gentlemen, Bezos and Trump, see eye to eye. |
SpaceAngel Member Posts: 307 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
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posted 12-15-2016 02:35 PM
I'm guessing that when Trump is sworn as the 45th President on January 20th, Charlie Bolden will step down as NASA Administrator, just like Mike Griffin; am I correct? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-15-2016 03:52 PM
Yes, both Bolden and Deputy Administrator Dava Newman have said they will depart NASA with the end of this administration. NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot is expected to serve as interim Administrator until the position is filled by a Trump appointee. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-22-2016 08:09 AM
Charles Miller, a former senior adviser for commercial space at NASA, was added to the agency's "landing team" on Tuesday. Miller, like many other members of the landing team, previously worked for NASA. He served as senior adviser for commercial space from 2009 to 2012, a time when NASA was starting several commercial space efforts, from its commercial crew development program to the Flight Opportunities program for suborbital research.Prior to joining NASA, he was chief executive of Constellation Services International, which worked on concepts for commercial cargo delivery under NASA's Alternative Access to Station program, a precursor to NASA's later commercial cargo program. He was also a co-founder of NanoRacks, a company that provides flight services to the station for experiments and small satellites. Miller established a consulting company, NextGen Space LLC, after leaving NASA. |
p51 Member Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 12-22-2016 10:18 AM
quote: Originally posted by SpaceAngel: Charlie Bolden will step down as NASA Administrator...
All cabinet position holders are expected to submit their resignations when there is any Presidential election, even if it's the same president re-elected. That way, the president doesn't have to start with firing people. The President then tells the ones they want to stay that their resignations are not accepted. |
328KF Member Posts: 1234 From: Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 01-03-2017 08:56 AM
Rep Jim Bridinstine is being widely rumored as the front-runner for the NASA Administrator job. There are still many moving pieces to the whole thing, so we'll have to wait and see. A recent blog post by him gives a very insightful look at his position on lunar exploration and infrastructure development. This is also the first step for manned missions deeper into our solar system. A permanent human presence on other celestial bodies requires in situ resource utilization. The Moon, a three-day trip from the Earth, represents the best place to learn, train, and develop the necessary technologies and techniques for in situ resource utilization and an eventual long term human presence on Mars. Fortunately, the Space Launch System and Orion will start testing in 2018. This system, with a commercial lander, could quickly place machines and robots on the Moon to begin the cis-lunar economy. With the right presidential guidance, humans could return in short order as well; this time, to stay. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-03-2017 08:36 PM
NASA has posted the 366-page briefing it provided the Trump transition team. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-04-2017 06:01 PM
I have the impression that America's next President would prefer a brief summary report than a turgid 366-page tome. Even I wouldn't have the attention span to read it, and I'm pretty sure the President-elect won't read it either. Michael Collins once pointed out that Kennedy's plan was simplicity itself: "MOON - END OF DECADE." |
capoetc Member Posts: 2169 From: McKinney TX (USA) Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-04-2017 06:53 PM
The brief was provided to the President elect's transition team... although I'm sure the President elect may read it if he wishes. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-05-2017 03:46 PM
You've put your finger on the problem by referring to the report as a "brief." |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-05-2017 04:22 PM
The transition team is not tasked with setting policy (or even advising on policy) for NASA, but rather making staffing and logistics decisions for the agency. They are deciding who to hire and who to reassign, from the NASA Administrator on down, as well as the management structure that will lead NASA for the next years. That is why the briefing document contains the information that it does. |