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Old 05-26-2009, 08:29 AM
 
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Looks like NASA is getting its first Black administrator.


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President Barack Obama on Saturday chose retired astronaut Gen. Charles Bolden to lead NASA. He also named former NASA associate administrator Lori Garver as the agency's No. 2. If confirmed, Bolden, who has flown in space four times and was an assistant deputy administrator at one point, would be the agency's first black administrator.


Bolden would also be only the second astronaut to run NASA in its 50-year history. Adm. Richard Truly was the first. In 2002, then-President George W. Bush unsuccessfully tried to appoint Bolden as the space's deputy administrator. The Pentagon said it needed to keep Bolden, who was a Marine general at the time and a pilot who flew more than 100 sorties in Vietnam.
Charles Bolden, Obama's NASA Chief Pick
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Old 05-26-2009, 02:23 PM
 
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lol @ "black news" - good touch

Looks like a good pick.
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:21 PM
 
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Pretty incredible resume, looks good to me.
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