NASA Advisers Opposed to Science Cuts Resign

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://www.space.com/news/ap_060818_nasa_advisors.html

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) – Three NASA advisers who spoke out against budget cuts to the space agency's science programs turned in their resignations this week, officials said. Wesley Huntress, Charles Kennel and Eugene Levy each served on the NASA Advisory Council's science committee. Kennel resigned by choice but Huntress and Levy were asked to leave by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.

Levy, a professor of physics and astronomy who also is provost at Rice University in Houston, said Thursday their commitment to a broad science program at NASA ``didn't comport with the kind of advice that the administrator and the chairman of the committee were looking for.''

NASA has come under fire in the past year for limiting growth in its science budget to 1.5 percent next year and 1 percent each year through the end of the decade. The limits should help the agency pay to finish the international space station and prepare sending astronauts back to the moon.

[derby378]

1. That's it, guys, cut and run...

...instead of standing up for science and standing up to the Bush administration.

[The Sushi Bandit]

3. No I disagree, it was a Statement!

Science is the most important part of NASA's mission. Space science is the most noble of pursuits.

[n2doc]

4. Two were asked to leave

They were kicked out. I know one of them personally (Huntress) and he most definitely is not a "cut and run" type.

[Monkeyman]

2. to bad more don't leave like Sec Nicholson