Leadership in Space; Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008, NASA SP-20080564

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, 329, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Inscribed by author on fep. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who is the current Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He previously served as Administrator of NASA, the U.S. space agency, from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as the future of human spaceflight, the fate of the Hubble telescope and NASA's role in understanding climate change. In April 2009 Griffin was named eminent scholar and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama. Griffin had worked at NASA prior to serving as NASA Administrator, including as Associate Administrator for Exploration. When he was nominated as NASA chief, he was head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). In 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Griffin's appointment as Administrator was associated with a significant shift in the direction of the agency. Administrator Griffin wrote in the Preface that "The most important theme for me has been that of identifying and elucidating an intellectual rationale for human space exploration." He argued that the rationale needed to be more than the contribution to science. He felt that human space exploration was about expanding the range of human action, experience and influence. It is about developing options for succeeding generations to exploit the resources of the solar system for the benefit of mankind. Griffin sought to offer through his public addresses a more complete rationale for human presence in space. Within this volume are speeches with reflect this important theme. Condition: Very good / Very good.

Keywords: NASA, International Space Cooperation, Hubble Space Telescope, Rocket, Commercial Space Industry, Competitiveness, System Engineering, Human Space Exploration, Astronautics, Technology Development, Innovation

ISBN: 9780160815652

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