Since I've been harping on the subject of the risks of the upcoming Hubble repair mission (which I certainly and totally and completely hope goes according to plan), I ought to point out that NASA is undertaking this mission during a period when it doesn't have an Esteemed Leader (otherwise known as the official NASA Administrator):
I don't normally quote Fox News but this was actually well-written:
Lost in Space: Months After Obama's Inauguration, NASA Is Still Without a Chief
The thing is: it's not just the Administrator. NASA doesn't have an official appointee in the top THREE positions:
"Four weeks later, NASA is still without a permanent chief, and its normal leading triumvirate remains an army of one — Chris Scolese, the former No. 3 who has been acting administrator since Jan. 20. "It's not a very good situation," said James Logsdon, a former member of the NASA advisory council who helped craft Obama's space policy during the presidential campaign. Logsdon said Scolese is hamstrung by not having deputies to help handle the triple tasks of management, engineering and politics that make up the administrator's job."
Which makes me wonder if Dan Goldin is still available? (Ha, just kidding. Well, not really. But I doubt he'd come back.)
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