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Transform nasa, so i wonder if you can start with why in your view did nasa need to be transformed . Thanks chris. Its a great to be here with you too. I have been at nasa in the 1990s working under the nasa administrator at the time dan golden who was actively and successfully in many ways working to transform nasa. I had previous to that worked for a grassroots organization. That was really interested in returning human space flight to more than just a handful of astronauts and nasa had sort of lost. Its way i think after the shuttle accidents when they didnt. Have the ability to get more pe...

(Archived document, may contain errors) 826 April 25,1991 I A1MERICA'S SPACE POHCX COu"ToMAJORREFoRMs INTRODUCTION The special Presidential Advisory Committee on the future of the U.S. Space Program, chaired by Norman Augustine, Chief Executive Officer of Martin Marietta Corporation, last December issued its Report that correctly identifies a number of the serious problems with America's space program As important as what it said is what it omitted. It failed to recommend substantial policy changes.

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Nasa jobs will be lost. the johnson space center employs i think it's nearly 3300 people, 14,000 contractors. what is your biggest concern about the president's new plan going forward? >> well, i would agree with jay that the continuity is not there. i think it's important to keep that talented work force at kennedy space center and the johnson center available for these new programs. if you are going to be operating the space station through 2020 and beyond you really need the space shuttle to operate the station so i think the biggest problem is not continuing the space shuttle and take go-t...

Chinese are developing a heavy lift vehicle. the french, the ariana and the russian vehicles will be some of the only vehicles available. >> brian: that is a huge gap in our capabilities, isn't it? >> it is. and that is one of the things we worried about on the committee is the gap between the space shuttle and another vehicle to bring astronauts into orbit. the only way to close the gap would be to extend the shuttle and keep it flying. we wouldn't be able to shorten that gap from the right-side of the calendar. >> brian: there is a plan to rely on commercial enterprise to sort of maybe fill ...