NASA denies tension with transition team
Posted: Fri, Dec 12, 2008, 6:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
NASA administrator Mike Griffin denied reports Thursday that the agency was not being cooperative with a group of officials from President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. The Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday that NASA officials were obstructing efforts to provide the transition team with information, and that Griffin had a "heated" conversation with Lori Garver, the head of the Obama NASA transition team, last week during a reception at NASA Headquarters. Late Thursday Griffin issued a statement calling the report "simply wrong" and vowing that the agency would be fully cooperative with the transition team. The six-person transition team has asked a wide range of questions of NASA, including the effects of either accelerating development of Ares 1 and Orion or canceling the Ares 1, which has raised speculation that the incoming administration may be planning significant changes in NASA's exploration program.
NASA administrator Mike Griffin denied reports Thursday that the agency was not being cooperative with a group of officials from President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. The Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday that NASA officials were obstructing efforts to provide the transition team with information, and that Griffin had a "heated" conversation with Lori Garver, the head of the Obama NASA transition team, last week during a reception at NASA Headquarters. Late Thursday Griffin issued a statement calling the report "simply wrong" and vowing that the agency would be fully cooperative with the transition team. The six-person transition team has asked a wide range of questions of NASA, including the effects of either accelerating development of Ares 1 and Orion or canceling the Ares 1, which has raised speculation that the incoming administration may be planning significant changes in NASA's exploration program.
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