NASA has reassigned Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley, the agency said today. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden acknowledged the change when confronted by questions from U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during a congressional hearing on human spaceflight this morning.
"We would replace him with someone who is incredibly competent," Bolden said.
NASA later confirmed Dale Thomas, the deputy Constellation program manager, has taken over as the acting program manager.
Bolden said Hanley this morning met with Doug Cooke, associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Mission Systems Directorate. Hanley was named associate director for strategic capabilities at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
In a statement, Cooke praised Hanley's work on Constellation.
"As we move forward and NASA is faced with new management challenges, we asked that Jeff Hanley assume duties as the Johnson Space Center Associate Director for Strategic Capabilities, tasked with retaining as many of JSC's human space flight core competencies as possible during the Constellation transition and Shuttle phase out," said Cooke.
According to a brief e-mail attributed to Hanley this morning, posted by SpaceRef.com, he told colleagues, "I've been advised by HQ that my services as Cx PM are no longer required, effective immediately."
Here's the announcement of Hanley's assignment to the position in November 2005.
President Obama's proposed 2011 budget would cancel the Constellation program, which has spent $9 billion developing the Ares I rocket and Orion capsule to return astronauts to the moon.
The proposal has met resistance in Congress, and work on the program will continue at least until the a new budget is approved.
IMAGE: At Kennedy Space Center, a post-launch news conference was held in the Press Site auditorium following the successful launch of the Ares I-X test rocket at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28, 2009. Smiling, from left, were Doug Cooke, associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate; Jeff Hanley, Constellation Program manager; Bob Ess, mission manager for the Ares I-X flight test; and Edward Mango, launch director for the Ares I-X flight test. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett.
13 comments:
What a shame!
Way to go Charlie Bolton, get rid of all that republican Bush management that is bent on destroying America and our gov't programs. Republicans hate over site and sunshine in gov't. It took Bush 6 yrs., to come clean about Valerie Plame and after all the investigations, Bush pardoned Scooter and let Chaney walk after they committed a crime against our government.
I guess when you speak out against the Obama decision, you are no longer considered incredibly competent. It's too bad he worked very hard to keep some version alive.
Yeah well at least he won't be joining the people in the unemployment line!
Hey Jupiter stardust . Valerie Plame was outed by Rino Colin Powells Asst.Richard Ameritage. Get your facts straight and quit watching the Leftist propaganda shows Bill Maher .PMSNBS /Olberman/Maddow . Scooter Libby was charged with false statements about anything but Valerie Plame .Karl Rove s name was cleared also . Also it s Chalie Bolden not Bolton
Jupiterslion, you may have some of your facts incorrect. What is your source of information, the Daily Kos?
As we saw in the congressional hearings today, Bolton is Obama's step'n'fetch it. They just removed the Constellation manager to help them kill the project. Listen to Armstrong, Cernan and Young and the members of the Science and Technology committee. That's where we need to go in space...not into the ObamaUnknown. Jupiterslion is Obamaspipsqueek... Fund the shuttle until Constellation is ready!
I guess when you follow the laws that Congress has implemented, you still get fired by the Administrator if doing so does not align with the President's path to nowhere. Congress seriously needs to investigate what is going on inside NASA. There are a lot of shady practices being performed to kill Constellation despite specific wording in the FY2010 that prevents Constellation funds from being used to terminate Constellation.
Who let Mr. Bolden loose with words? He's obviously attempting to use tools far beyond his training and capabilities. Let's see, we'll accuse an administrator of the highest level of incompetence, then we'll tell a representative how incredible it is that NASA might hire someone who's "competent"? Was Bolden appointed to chase reasonable, competent personell as far from NASA as it might be possible to get? I suppose NASA will cease to exist if he does the job he's really hired to accomplish.
Good Bye NASA.
"We would replace him with someone who is incredibly competent," Bolden said.
Bolden... when you remove "credibly (credible)" you get in-competent which is what Bolden is.
In short, it's rag-tag politics at it's worse. Remove the politics and let NASA define their goals with the budget alloted. "I guess when you follow the laws that Congress has implemented, you still get fired by the Administrator if doing so does not align with the President's path to nowhere. Congress seriously needs to investigate what is going on inside NASA. There are a lot of shady practices being performed to kill Constellation despite specific wording in the FY2010 that prevents Constellation funds from being used to terminate Constellation."
Another REALLY good person, and capable Manager gets removed. Let's see, let's remove the best at the top, replace them with losers who have never managed anything, and lay off half of the best, capable workforce. My guess is Dale Thomas won't last long either. He actually knows something about this business. Change you can believe in. This is extremely sad.
And I hope all of you are cancelling your subscriptions to this hard copy paper for supporting Obama and the demise of our country.
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