Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver, as the second in command at NASA, has been one of the guiding lights for the Obama administration’s space policy since he was a candidate. During the presidential transition, before she was confirmed by the Senate, Garver was already engaged in a multitude of meetings to plot a new direction for NASA.
That new direction, which abandons the Bush administration’s orbital rockets and a return to the moon, will soon be put to the test this fall when Congress will debate and vote on NASA’s budget. Garver has served as an NASA employee, and an advisor to corporations and politicians, but she has never been faced with such a monumental task—forging a new direction for American space policy. Contributor Rand Simberg exchanged emails with Garver to find out the back story behind the cancellation of the Constellation program, the political fights ahead and how she plans to get human feet on Mars.
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