Dan Golden: BU choice feared, respected at NASA

Boston Globe ^ | July 12, 2003 | Jenna Russell

[Cincinatus' Wife]

If Boston University expects a new president with a light touch after the prickly 30-year reign of John Silber, the school appears unlikely to get it in Daniel S. Goldin, the former NASA chief offered the BU presidency this week.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

''That changed my appreciation of him,'' said Pike. ''Because he made the case for Russia and the space station, people aren't questioning now if we should just turn the lights out at NASA.''

Space policy/national security expert - Why does the media think John Pike is a "national security expert"?

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[martin_fierro]

For me, there's always been an "Ewwww!" factor about Goldin.

Something about the guy just makes my skin crawl.

Maybe it's that when I close my eyes as he speaks, I hear Rob "Meathead" Reiner.

[OldFriend]

This man facilitated the transfer of millions upon millions of dollars from the US space program to Yeltsin at the request of slick willie.

He's corrupt to the core and sold out our program to curry favor with X42.......

Massachusetts is the perfect place for him.

[jalisco555]

Often credited with revitalizing NASA in the post-Cold War era and rekindling public excitement about space exploration,

Interesting comment since the American manned space program is virtually dead and hardly anyone in the public even knows we have a space program anymore. If BU goes the way of NASA during Goldin's tenure they'll be shutting off the lights by the time he retires.

[Thebaddog]

OTH this fellow might be the right kind of college president to outlaw PC thought and speech in the town that practically invented the stuff.

[boris]

"Any place he's coming in to run had better fasten its seat belts,' said longtime space policy analyst John Pike. 'But it will be a vastly improved place when he's done with it.'"

Only a charlatan like Pike could make such a statement.

Where are the thunderbolts of Zeus when they're really needed?

--Boris

[boris]

To: Jenna Russell
From: Boris

In the interest of investigative reporting and informing the public--which is something reporters used to do--could you do us a favor and dig up John Pike's qualifications and degrees?

In what scientific or technical field(s) does he hold degrees? Does he have a diploma from a college or university? His web page has lamentably omitted such data; you cannot really tell if he graduated from--say--high school.