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Michael Griffin By Marsha Ivins, The Time 100

“Mike Griffin, 58, had wanted to be administrator of NASA since the inception of the agency. To him, the appeal of the job was never about position or title but about the fact that space fired his imagination. It still does, and now, thanks to him, manned exploration of the moon and Mars is becoming a real possibility.”

Editor’s note: Of all the people they could have chosen, Time just happened to pick Number One Griffin pal and self-professed communications expert Marsha Ivins. What a coincidence. Did she bother to tell Time’s millions of readers that she and Griffin are close friends? Nah, why tell people about possible biases, eh?

• Petty Politics and Uncoordinated Outreach at NASA, earlier post about how Marsha attempts to shape communications policy at NASA
• New TV Special Under Development at NASA?, earlier post about one of Marsha’s projects that flopped