Steidle To Take Helm of Commercial Space Group

摘要

Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Steidle is taking the helm of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF), becoming the 5-year- old organization's first full-time president, effective May 15. An announcement was made April 13 at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. The former director of the Pentagon's Joint Strike Fighter program joined NASA in 2004 as the first associate administrator of the then-newly created Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Steidle was one of several retired flag officers with little or no space experience to take senior positions at NASA during the administration of President George W. Bush.