NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is awash in controversy these days, which is a bit strange for someone who has had so little to say since taking the job. Some 15 months into his tenure, Mr. Bolden has yet to make the rounds with U.S. media; during public appearances with reporters present he has largely stuck to prepared remarks before being whisked away by handlers. Perhaps his most famous press encounter was during a visit to Egypt this summer, when he suggested to the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television network that one of his principal missions was to engage and inspire the Muslim world. U.S. President Barack Obama’s critics had a field day with that gaffe, for reasons that had far more do with politics than actual policy.
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