![Mike Griffin joins board of Rocket Lab]()
Mike Griffin, the former NASA administrator who stepped down as undersecretary of defense in July, has joined the board of directors of small launch vehicle company Rocket Lab as that company seeks to grow its government business.
![Griffin’s departure stirs questions about the future of the Space Development Agency]()
Griffin’s resignation leaves the SDA without a major advocate inside the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
![Undersecretary of Defense Mike Griffin and deputy Lisa Porter stepping down]()
Griffin and Porter will be leaving their posts at DoD on July 10.
![DoD looks to Congress for help in dispute with FCC over Ligado network]()
Mike Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said DoD will seek help from Congress to get the FCC to reverse its decision.
![DoD says it was blindsided by FCC Ligado decision, will petition to have it reversed]()
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, DoD officials argued that Ligado’s 5G network will cause interference both for civilian and military users of GPS.
![Space Development Agency in state of uncertainty]()
Griffin warned that projects are being delayed and some may be prevented from happening because of the lack of funding.
![Griffin: Budget, political support top concerns for Space Development Agency]()
Mike Griffin: "Some elements of Congress are very supportive. Others are skeptical."
![Space Development Agency a huge win for Griffin in his war against the status quo]()
Griffin has scoffed at SDA naysayers. “I’m not personally trying to shake up anybody or anything."
![Griffin: Space Development Agency to bring new capabilities that don’t exist today]()
The Space Development Agency will be based at the Pentagon and is projected to have about 100 people.
![Advisory group skeptical of NASA lunar exploration plans]()
NASA’s plans to return humans to the surface of the moon within 10 years got a chilly reception from an advisory group Nov. 15, who called on the agency to accelerate that timeframe and reconsider development of the Gateway facility in lunar orbit.
![Profile | Michael D. Griffin, Chairman and Chief Executive, Schafer Corp.]()
Being back in the private sector hasn’t stopped Griffin from voicing opinions about NASA’s human spaceflight program.
![Griffin Takes Chief Exec Job at Schafer Corp.]()
WASHINGTON — Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has been named chairman and chief executive of Schafer Corp., an Arlington, Va.-based science and engineering services contractor.
![Griffin Now Favors Saving Space Shuttle [Houston Chronicle]]()
As NASA administrator under President George W. Bush, Mike Griffin wanted to wind down the space shuttle program as quickly as possible so that money could be spent on building a new system to send astronauts into orbit. But with no replacement in sight, he now believes the shuttle should continue flying, reports the Houston Chronicle’s SciGuy blog.
![Romney Wins Endorsement of Griffin, Other Space Leaders [Florida Today]]()
Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin and a handful of other space notables endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in an open letter just before the Jan. 31 Florida primary, Florida Today reports.
I am dismayed by Michael Griffin’s commentary “Let the Games Begin” [Aug. 29, page 19]. Various syndromes come to mind, such as, “Can’t see the forest for the trees” and “Fiddling while Rome burns.”
I’m writing in defense of the op-ed “Mike Griffin’s Constellation Zombie” by Rick Tumlinson [Commentary, Oct. 25, page 19] and in response to the letter “Personal Attack on Griffin Crosses Line” [Commentary, Nov 23, page 18]. The letter writer is an example of the type of individual NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program faces these days: perhaps full of good motives, but not truly understanding of the subpar way the new U.S. National Space Policy has been presented.
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