Rumors of New NASA Director

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Wednesday January 07, 2009 · 1:15 PM PST

2009/01/07 · 13:15

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that a retired astronaut and former Marine is on the short list to replace Michael Griffin as Director of NASA:

A former astronaut who has made four trips into space is reportedly a leading candidate for the top job at NASA. If selected by President-elect Barack Obama, Charles Bolden Jr., 62, a retired Marine Corps general who makes his home in Houston's Bay Area, would be the first black American to head the space agency. The former test pilot left NASA in 1994 after 14 years of service to return to the Marine Corps, where he rose to the rank of major general. He retired in 2003.

Don't know much about Charles Frank "Charlie" Bolden, Jr. (Wiki bio) , and sources close to the Obama-NASA Transition Team declined to comment when I contacted them about this. But based on what I could rummage up, he sounds like a worthy choice.

Update 6:54 EST DS: Comprehensive discussion in Vladislaw's diary.

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