Charles Bolden (former space shuttle commander)

[size=14pt]Black Astronaut Chosen to Lead NASA[/size]

Posted: 2009-05-24 12:05:22

The nation's turbulent space program will be run by one of its own, a calming, well-liked former space shuttle commander.
President Obama chose retired astronaut General Charles Bolden to lead NASA. He also named former NASA associate administrator Lori Garver as the agency's number two. If confirmed, Bolden, who has flown in space four times and was assistant deputy administrator, would be the agency's first black administrator. Bolden would also be only the second astronaut to run the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in its 50-year history. Admiral Richard Truly was the first. In 2002, then-President George W. Bush unsuccessfully tried to appoint Bolden as the space agency'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. Bolden is likely to bring "more balance" to NASA, increasing spending on aeronautics and environment missions, working more with other nations in space, and emphasizing education, which the president often talks about when it comes to space, said George Abbey, former director of Johnson Space Center and a longtime friend. "NASA has been looking for a leader like this that they could have confidence in," Abbey said.

Source: http://www.blackvoices.com/newsarticle/_a/black-astronaut-chosen-to-lead-nasa/20090519095009990001



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Congrats 2 him!!

good for him!

[size=17pt]Pictures of Blacks astronauts (NASA)[/size]


Michael P. Anderson


Robert H. Lawrence (First Black astronaut)


Guion S. Bluford Jr


Yvonne Darlene Cagle


Robert L. Curbeam


Joan E. Higginbotham


Benjamin Alvin Drew


Mae C. Jemison (First Black woman in space)


Stephanie D. Wilson


Bernard A. Harris Jr


Ronald Mc Nair (Died in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded)


Leland D. Melvin


Guion S. Bluford


Frederick D. Gregory (First Black to be Captain of space shuttle )


Winston Scoot (Walked 3 time in space Endeavour and Columbia)


Charles F. Bolden, Jr (Captain of space shuttle  Atlantis in 1992)

UP N*GGAZ!!!

Great news now at least I can say to lil sleek_p, one day you will go to the Moon and ain't no racist gonna stop you.