NASA has a lot of problems in its hands. It has to complete the construction of the International Space Station by 2010, when the remaining three space shuttles will be forced into retirement. At the same time, the space shuttle's replacement - the Orion CEV - won't be operational until 2014 at the earliest. NASA also has to contend with limited funding, orbital debris, and a dwindling nuclear fuel supply. Oh, yes, and they fly rockets too. So of those, what really gets on NASA Chief Administrator's nerves? Bad grammar. Speaking at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, Griffin admitted that Star Trek's well known motto, you know it - To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before - would make a great mission statement for NASA. If it weren't grammatically incorrect.
NASA has a lot of problems in its hands. It has to complete the construction of the International Space Station by 2010, when the remaining three space shuttles will be forced into retirement. At the same time, the space shuttle's replacement - the Orion CEV - won't be operational until 2014 at the earliest. NASA also has to contend with limited funding, orbital debris, and a dwindling nuclear fuel supply. Oh, yes, and they fly rockets too. So of those, what really gets on NASA Chief Administrator's nerves? Bad grammar. Speaking at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, Griffin admitted that Star Trek's well known motto, you know it - To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before - would make a great mission statement for NASA. If it weren't grammatically incorrect.
