Michael Griffin
Michael Griffin
This prominent aerospace engineer and physicist served from 2005 until 2009 as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Previously, he had headed Johns Hopkins University's Space Department.
ProfessionEngineer
Date of Birth1 November 1949
almost asleep fell neck plane soon
I fell asleep almost as soon as I got on the plane I was so tired. My neck was killing me,
believe imagine points
I can't imagine it. I believe they're going to put points on the board.
assembly confidence decision finish high sequence shuttle space station time together
The decision was to put together an assembly sequence that allows us high confidence that we will finish the space station by the time the shuttle is retired.
bold space vision
It's a very bold vision for space exploration,
befall disasters hope natural none states united united-states worse
There will be a lot more hurricanes and a lot more other natural disasters to befall the United States and the world in that time, I hope none worse than Katrina,
crucial future land lewis
The requirement to live off the land will be crucial to our future in space, just as it was to Lewis and Clark.
apollo
It is very Apollo-like ... but bigger. Think Apollo on steroids.
hard project ready shuttle space until year
We're going to try as hard as we can to get back in space this year because we have a big construction project we're working on and we need the shuttle to do it, ... So, we're going to try as hard as we can, but we're not going to go until we're ready to go.
designed developing earth
What we're really developing is the shuttle's successor, ... The CEV is designed to go to low-Earth orbit.
affordable believe safer venture ventures
We believe this venture safer and more affordable than any other spaceflight ventures that the U.S. has had,
land talking
We're going to land one way or another, one place or another, and all we're talking about is where.
coming feet
his feet actually were coming up off the ground.
aviation common flight hardware listening opinions people sending signals spend stuff test theme time
If you spend much time on this stuff and aviation accidents, a common theme is that of not listening to the signals the hardware is sending - the test results, the flight results, the dissenting opinions of the people involved.
apollo folks
By and large, the Apollo folks got it right,