SPACE fans who think NASA should get as much cash as it takes to explore the
final frontier need to get a grip on reality, says outgoing NASA boss Dan
Goldin.
In his last week in office—and with no successor lined up as New
Scientist went to press—Goldin took a final swipe at critics of his
term at NASA. “Space lovers have got to get a grip,” he said in an interview
published in the Huntsville Times—the local newspaper covering
the area around NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. “People are more
concerned about their jobs…
