NASA's Shana Dale on Presidential Transition at the Space Agency

NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale has posted to the NASA BLOG about the President-elect Barack Obama's transition work at the federal space agency. More from The Hunstville Times.

"While NASA usually does not factor as a near-term decision for incoming Administrations, this year the General Accounting Office (GAO) highlighted Shuttle retirement as one of its top 13 urgent issues across the government," Ms. Dale said in the blog post. [Shana Dale Vid]

The GAO has urged the Obama administration to move quickly to nominate and fill key leadership positions within NASA because the decision on whether to retire or continue operating the Space Shuttle will need to be made soon. NPR provides a report on the transition including using Reagan's rise to power as a model.

Jeff Foust has more on the presidential transition in The Space Review.