Episode 23: Michael Griffin discusses his tenure as NASA administrator and the challenges of space exploration

STEM-Talk

Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford

Natural Sciences, Alternative Health, Science, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2016

⏱️ 100 minutes

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On March 11, 2005, President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Griffin to serve as the 11th Administrator of NASA. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 13, 2005 and served until January 20, 2009. Griffin knew NASA well. He had been NASA’s associate administrator for exploration in the early 1990s, as well as its chief engineer.

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0:00.0	Welcome to STEM Talk.
0:01.2	Stem Talk.
0:01.8	Stem Talk.
0:03.3	Stem Talk.
0:03.7	Stem Talk, where we introduce you to fascinating people who passionately inhabit the scientific and technical frontiers of our society.
0:13.9	Hi, I'm your host, Don Cornagus, and I'm here today with Ken Ford, IHMC's director and chairman of the double secret selection committee.
0:21.5	Hi, Don.
0:22.2	Great to be here.
0:23.3	Tom Jones and I had a terrific time interviewing Mike Griffin.
0:27.7	Yeah, I sat this one out, given that both you and Tom have had extensive experience
0:31.9	working with Dr. Griffin at NASA and on the NASA Advisory Council.
0:35.9	I have to say it was fun to eavesdrop on U3 talking
0:38.8	about NASA, spaceflight, and much else. Ken, I can't help but notice that the esteemed
0:43.7	and honorable double secret selection committee seems to largely select STEM talk guests
0:48.8	from among your friends.
0:50.0	You have a problem with that?
0:52.3	No.
0:53.3	Perhaps I have interesting friends, or perhaps you are mistaken regarding the selection policies of the committee, which are, by the way, highly confidential and special access only.
1:06.7	As will be made clear during this episode, Mike Griffin is a remarkable fellow.
1:12.6	In addition to serving as the NASA administrator, he has worked in numerous leadership positions in academia, government, and industry.
1:22.3	Always a person to be well prepared, Mike has something like six graduate degrees and was, I think,
1:30.3	working on his seventh when the president selected him to serve as NASA administrator.
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