Focusing the Vision for Space
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into federally funded research and development centers. "We're attempting to wire ourselves for success," Administrator Scan O'Keefe said June 24 as he unveiled his plans for NASA's "transformation" in a nod to the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond. In a report released just eight days earlier, the commission contended that without radical change, the space agency will not be able to meet its latest, biggest challenge.
NASA realigns headquarters and streamlines across the board on the way to the moon and Mars.
NASA is restructuring, but making no promises that it will adopt a recommendation to turn its 10 field installations
The 6o-page document, "A Journey to Inspire, Innovate and Discover," offers eight findings and 15 recommendations for carrying out President Bush's vision of a sustained and affordable series of robotic and human expeditions beginning at the moon and reaching deeper into the solar system.
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HEADNOTE Get ready for big changes at NASA, or get ready to move on. Middle managers, the leadership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ......
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HEADNOTE NASA team working on return to space flight breaks for UFO investigation. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 FRYING SAUCER? NASA spent 200 hours making sure this ......
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