Sun, Jul 19, 2009 - Page 14 News List

SUNDAY PROFILE: Ex-astronaut to lead NASA

The US Senate has confirmed Charles Bolden as the next administrator of the American space program, giving him the tough job of rejuvenating a moribund agency and renewing public interest in manned space flight

AFP , WASHINGTON

He also sits on the board of Marathon Oil, which was implicated in a money-laundering and corruption scandal involving the leader of oil-rich African nation Equatorial Guinea in 2004, but later cleared of any wrongdoing by a US Senate investigation.

VIEW THIS PAGE

This story has been viewed 1126 times.
TOP top