“The first year after [President John] Kennedy announced the Apollo program, the NASA budget was doubled,”
Bill Nelson
“It's a payoff to John Glenn for his support of (President) Clinton and also the NASA budget. NASA needs the publicity and they couldn't have picked a better guy to hype the space program.”
Chuck Yeager
“someone the president believes has done a great job over at NASA.”
Scott McClellan
“We are extremely pleased that the President has nominated Mike Griffin to be NASA Administrator ... Dr. Griffin has long been a resource to the Science Committee, both as a public witness and in providing private counsel. He has broad expertise, knows NASA inside and out, and is an imaginative and creative thinker and leader. He is also known for his candor and directness. We look very forward to working with Dr. Griffin at this critical time for NASA.”
Sherwood Boehlert
“These are fault lines that have been in the NASA program for decades and it's one of the big challenges for Griffin and his team to ensure we have appropriate robustness in the science and aeronautics programs while at same time meeting very significant program and budget challenges for shuttle, station and the CEV programs.”
Courtney Stadd
“For NASA, space is still a high priority.”
Dan Quayle
“This is the capstone of the missions to the planets that NASA has led since the 1960s.”
Alan Stern
