NOW DO YOU THINK THIS MAN WAS SOMEONE THAT SHOULD OF TAKEN CARE OF THAT LETTER?
While many scientists have praised Mr. Bush's selection, most have said
the key to Mr. Marburger's effectiveness will be not his scientific
expertise but his ability to get the president's ear.
Mr. Marburger has gained plaudits for his management of Brookhaven, a facility in Upton, N.Y., that conducts basic and applied research for the U.S. Department of Energy. He was president of Stony Brook from 1980 to 1994.
Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, testified at the hearing in support of Mr.
Marburger. "He is an excellent manager, someone who inspires confidence,
someone who is a natural leader, someone who is able to rally people around him while still being self-deprecating," Mr. Boehlert said. He added that Mr. Marburger would need those qualities to work with "the
turf-conscious R&D agencies" and the White House Office of Management and
Budget.
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IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! Look up the deaths of test pilots. For crying out loud the only reason we have a space program is the fact that normal people can accept that the risk is outweighed by the benefit and that there is a certain rare breed of human that is willing to knowingly take those risks. When 7 people get in a tube strapped to the equivalent of a very unstable small nuke and the slightest miscalculation is more than likely fatal then it is a bloody miracle that we get any of them back alive. If your attitude had prevailed in the beginning the closest we would have been to space would still be in the movies. I don’t think you have any concept of just how PERFECT each and every launch, orbit and re-entry has to be for getting anyone back alive. Space travel is NOT ROUTINE and it will take a century for it to become so.