It's Official: Obama Nominates Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator May 23, 2009
Posted by Nick Azer in : African-American History, Charles Bolden, NASA, Obama , trackback
It’s official: President Obama has now nominated former astronaut Charles Bolden to be the first African-American Administator of NASA.
After quite the long saga, Sen. Bill Nelson‘s primary choice ended up as the nominee, with Obama advisor Lori Garver (head of Obama’s space transition team) selected as deputy administrator.
Here’s a video of Sen. Bill Nelson discussing the Bolden appointment:
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