I know 8 years of Bush has made his administrators think they are untouchable but this has to be the most stunning example of hubris and shooting yourself in the foot since Blagovich. Maybe Griffin is related.
NASA is not cooperating with his transition team and is obstructing attempts for information.
Update: Thanks to Bill White for the info on Direct 2.0 and the issue. I dont know how to embed video so here is a link to his comment: LINK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPtOKLCmzo
and thanks for rec list :) I feel real here at kos now lol
CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA administrator Mike Griffin is not cooperating with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, is obstructing its efforts to get information and has told its leader that she is "not qualified" to judge his rocket program, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/...
does anyone see a problem here? i mean can you imagine telling your about to be new boss's transition leader they aren't qualified and expect to keep your job?
Not only that, there seems to be an attempt to manage what employees tell the team!
For example, transition-team interviews have been monitored by NASA officials "taking copious notes," according to congressional and space-community sources. Employees who met with the team were told to tell their managers about the interview.
More examples of his obstructionism:
When team members arrived three weeks ago, they asked the agency, among other things, to quantify how much could be saved by canceling Ares I. Though they also asked what it would take to accelerate the program, the fact that the team could even consider scrapping the program was enough to spur Griffin and his supporters into action
According to industry officials, Griffin started calling heads of companies working for NASA, demanding that they either tell the Obama team that they support Constellation or refrain from talking about alternatives.
The companies, worried that Griffin may remain and somehow punish them if they ignore his wishes, have by and large complied.
The orlando sentinel blog has done a great job detailing this, there is more at the link.
It seems as if Bush's attitude of "only we are right, and to hell with the rest of you" has become entrenched in NASA as well. It boggles the mind to think anyone who wants to keep a job would behave like this, a good example of rogue agencies and rogue thinking.