Michael Griffin Confirmed As NASA Chief

With thoughts of salvaging the Hubble Telescope being of major concern, Michael Griffin has been confirmed by the US Senate to take over as NASA's chief. Griffin received a unanimous voting margin from the Senate yesterday, which was actually earlier than they had initially intended. However, by urging of the Senate Commerce Committee co-chairmen, Griffin was confirmed and is now ready to take over the leadership responsibilities. The Senate's rationale was they would like Griffin to have as much time on the job has possible before the launch of the Discovery Space Shuttle, which has a launch window of May 15 through June 3. This will be the first shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster in 2003. According to Another one of Griffin's priorities is deciding the future of the Hubble Telescope, which was bleak based on the previous Chief's choice to cut funding and deny repairs. Griffin would like to keep the Hubble project active by performing a Murdok. Visit Murdok for the