The New NASA

The New Atlantis says Mike Griffin Takes the Helm and Transforms the Agency.

Update: On the other hand, Jacob Sullum at Hit & Run asks Is NASA Necessary? (Compare the new proposals with those from forty years earlier.)

Update 2: On September 28, 2005, USA Today reports,

The space shuttle and International Space Station -- nearly the whole of the U.S. manned space program for the past three decades -- were mistakes, NASA chief Michael Griffin said Tuesday.