NASA Internal Email: The President’s Meeting with the NASA Administrator on Wednesday, December 16

Subject: The President’s Meeting with the NASA Administrator on
Wednesday, December 16
From: Centerwide Announcement
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009

The President’s Meeting with the NASA Administrator on Wednesday, December 16

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama met with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden in the Oval Office. The President confirmed his commitment to human space exploration and the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a sustainable path to achieving our aspirations in space.

Against a backdrop of serious challenges with the existing program, the Augustine committee has offered several key findings and a range of options for how the nation might improve its future human space flight activities. The President and Administrator Bolden spoke about the Administrator’s work at NASA and also discussed the Augustine committee’s analysis.