A Giant Leap for...NASA?

Will wonders never cease? (hat tip: cookyo)

He's wanted to be NASA administrator for a long time and has given a lot of thought to what has been done well or badly," one congressional source said. "Because of that, he is not going to take a year or two to get to know the organization."

Instead, the sources said, he expressed dismay that NASA over the past several years had put a lot of people in top management positions because of what one source described as "political connections or bureaucratic gamesmanship — not merit."

Several sources spoke of a corps of younger scientists and engineers, including Griffin, who had been groomed in the 1970s and 1980s as NASA's next generation of leaders only to be shoved aside during the past 15 years. They said Griffin hopes to bring them back.

Perhaps, just perhaps, the space agency will finally get a makeover.... But, we used to say at NASA -- the more things changed, the more they remained the same...so I don't expect a call anytime soon.