Lori Garver, a self-proclaimed “space pirate,” sought to change the status quo and aided the rise of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, and other new space companies.
Would you say that was a prescient approach, following subsequent troubles with Russia and how it’s harder to getI guess I feel less “prescient” than it was just so obvious to me, and to a lot of people, that we didn’t want to count on the Russians forever. For one, they were a monopoly provider. They kept increasing their prices, and there was absolutely nothing we could do about it. We needed our own systems, and ideally more than one.
At the time, it seemed like everyone. In NASA, there wasn’t support in the leadership. As I say in the book, the head of NASA—I was the deputy—was not supportive and did not request money for the [commercial crew] program in the budget. But I had led the transition team and had talked to the president about it and was working closely with the chief science adviser of the White House and the Office of Science Technology and Policy, the National Economic Council, Office of Management and Budget.
That’s been a huge challenge. With human spaceflight, NASA had been doing it by putting one or two government people for each contractor, and having them work onsite together, directing them, and making sure there was paperwork on everything. And because it was taxpayer money, that was supposed to be in the public domain.
In the book, I acknowledge that this is not something that you’re likely to do perfectly every time. With the shuttle, I think those of us following it really closely, we knew there would be an accident. And I thought, “Well, let’s just hope we’ve done enough of them, and when there is one, we can find the culprit and fix it.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Lori Loughlin Attends 1st Red Carpet Since Prison Stint: PicsLori Loughlin was indicted in 2019 and later served two months in prison for paying to get her daughters into college — see photos
Read more »
Lori Loughlin makes first red carpet appearance since college admissions scandalThe “Full House” alum, who was released from prison in December 2020, attended the DesignCare 2022 Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Read more »
Actor Lori Loughlin Appears on Red Carpet for First Time Since College Admissions Scandal'Full House' actor Lori Loughlin attended DesignCare 2022 Gala on Saturday, marking her first red carpet appearance since she was embroiled in a college admissions scandal.
Read more »
Actor Lori Loughlin appears on red carpet for first time since college admissions scandalLori Loughlin attended DesignCare 2022 Gala on Saturday, marking her first red carpet appearance since she was embroiled in a college admissions scandal.
Read more »
Actor Lori Loughlin Appears on Red Carpet for First Time Since College Admissions ScandalLoughlin, 57, walked the carpet for the DesignCare 2022 Gala, which benefits HollyRod Foundation.
Read more »
Actor Lori Loughlin Appears on Red Carpet for First Time Since College Admissions Scandal'Full House' actor Lori Loughlin attended DesignCare 2022 Gala on Saturday, marking her first red carpet appearance since she was embroiled in a college admissions scandal.
Read more »