NASA Pick

Living on Earth

Astrophysicist and New York Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Living on Earth host Steve Curwood that President Bush’s new choice to take the helm at NASA, Michael Griffin, has all the qualifications it takes to lead the nation’s space agency through the 21st century.

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