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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 96 - Hilton Head - October 2005
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.1 Government Agencies Summary Reports 4.1.3 NASA 4.1.3.1 Headquarters
Title	Headquarters
Presenter	Herm Rediess
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Abstract	NASA in transition – Many changes are taking place in NASA. Mike Griffin is the new Administrator and Shana Dale has been nominated for Deputy Administrator. Mike Griffin is in the process of replacing all the Associate Administrators (AA): Scott Horowitz is the new AA for Exploration Systems; William Gerstenmaier is the new AA for Space Operations; and Mary Cleave is the new AA for Science. He is in the process of selecting the AA for Aeronautics Research. Vic Lebacqz, previous AA for Aeronautics and long-time member of this Committee, is retiring from NASA and will be joining UC Santa Cruz. Lisa Porter, a Special Assistant to the Administrator for Aeronautics, is providing guidance for restructuring the Aeronautics program. General Roy Bridges (USAF Ret.) announced his retirement as the Director of Langley Research Center. Lesa Roe, the former Deputy, is the new Center Director. Julian Earls announced his retirement as Glenn Research Center Director. Woodrow Whitlow has been named as his replacement. Space exploration is clearly the number one priority and the primary focus of Dr. Griffin’s attention. The new Exploration Architecture was announced in September (see www.nasa.gov). Returning the Space Shuttle to flight is critical for completing and servicing the International Space Station (ISS) in the near term. New heavy lift and crew launch vehicles will begin servicing the ISS in five years. The Science Mission remains about the same, to obtain scientific knowledge of the Earth-Sun system, the Solar system, and the universe. The Administrator plans to maintain, strengthen and rely heavily on NASA in-house expertise for all NASA Missions, including Aeronautics. Aeronautics remains the lowest priority and funding. The FY06 request is $852.3M, down from $1,056.8M in FY04, $906.2M in FY05 and decreasing to about $717M by 2010. The program is being reshaped to focus on fundamental aeronautics research. A series of workshops are being held at the aeronautics research Centers for in-house technical experts to define detail multi-year research roadmaps with specific milestones in each of 9 to 11 technical areas. The reshaped program will be vetted to industry and academia once fully developed, probably in November or December. The research projects will be proposed by key disciplinary experts at the Centers in the 9 to 11 areas. Any planned university research is to be included in the Center proposals. Research facilities, like wind tunnels, will be maintained as National assets. The Aeronautics Program will continue to support the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO).