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 people into space for lower costs more reliably. That was the goal of the shuttle. So coming back to nasa as the deputy administrator in the Obama Administration. I thought it was very natural goal to want to continue that transformation process and president elect obama happened to agree. So it says my quest because its a memoir, but its a lot of peoples quest for decades and thats why i wrote the book. Well, lets open that up for a minute. You say that nasa
Comcast supports cspan2 as a public service. Larry garver, its a pleasure to be here with you. Werer excited for your new boo, escaping gravity. As you say in the subtitle, its your quest to transform nasa. I wonder if you can start with why in your view did nasa need to be transformed . Thanks, chris. Its great to be here with you too. I have been at nasa in the 1990s working on the nasa administrator at the time, ben goldman and was actively and successfully working to transform nasa. In i had previous to that worked for a Grass Roots Organization who was really interested in returning human space flight to more than just a handful of as gnats. As astronauts and nasa lost its way to get humans into space. Coming back to nasa as the deputy administrator in the Obama Administration, i thought it was very natural goal to want to continue that transformation process and president elect obama agreed. Its a lot of peoples quest for decades and thats why i wrote the book. Open that up, you
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 people into space for lower costs more reliably. That was the goal of the shuttle. So coming back to nasa as the deputy administrator in the Obama Administration. I thought it was very natural goal to want to continue that transformation process and president elect obama happened to agree. So it says my quest because its a memoir, but its a lot of peoples quest for decades and thats why i wrote the book. Well, lets open that up for a minute. You say that nasa
To be transformed . Thanks, chris. Its great to be with you, too. I had been at nasa in the 1990s working under the nasa administrator at the time dan goldman who wasly actively and successfully in many ways working to transformra nasa. I had previous to that worked for a Grassroots Organization that was really interested in returning human spaceflight 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 people into space for lower costs, more reliably. That was the goal off the shuttle. So coming back to nasa as the deputy administrator, under the Obama Administration, i thought it was a natural gold to want to continue that transformation process. And president elect happen to agree. So it says my quest because of the memoir. Its a lot of peoples quest for decades and thats why im wrote the book. Lets open that up for a minute. Uses nas has lost its way. Thats a big statement. Wha
Pleasure to be here with you. Thank you so much. Were excited for your its a pleasure too be here with you. Thank you so much we are excited for your new book is keeping gravity. Like you say in the subtitle your quest to transform nassau. So why in your view did nasa need to be transformed quick. I have been at nasa in the 1990s working under the administrator at the time actively andas successfully in many ways working to transform nasa. I have worked with a Grassroots Organization interested in returning human spaceflight to more than just a handful of astronauts. And the shuttles in the accidents when they didnt have the ability to get more people into space for lowercost more reliably that was the goal. Coming back as the deputy administrator in the Obama Administration, thought it was a natural goal to want to continue that transformation process. Because it isst memoir its a lot of people for decades and thats why i wrote the book. You say that nasa lost its way but thats a big