NASA chief resigns

[Alex Moon]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/12/1 ... index.html

NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe will announce his resignation Monday, CNN has learned.

Sources inside NASA told CNN on Sunday that O'Keefe will accept an offer from Louisiana State University to be its chancellor.

O'Keefe's decision, the sources said, was made for personal and financial reasons -- the LSU job pays significantly more money than the NASA job. O'Keefe's eldest daughter will soon head to college.

[Marksist]

Any idea on who will replace him?

[Alex Moon]

Any idea on who will replace him?

The current list is an Air Force general, an ex congressman, and three astronauts

[Alex Moon]

Here we go

Meanwhile, a White House team is weighing five candidates and plans to announce O'Keefe's departure and pick a new NASA administrator by Thursday, according to a source familiar with the selection process.

Leading the president's list: Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish, who retired in September after three years as the director of the United States' effort to develop a system to shield the country and its troops from a missile attack.

The other four men under consideration are former Congressman Robert Walker and former shuttle astronauts Ron Sega, Charles Bolden and Robert Crippen.

http://www.space.com/news/okeefe_shortlist_041212.html

[kheegster]

Good riddance.