What are Dr. Griffin's degrees and educational background?

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In summary, Michael Griffin is an accomplished physicist and educator who has held several positions at NASA. His wife started a petition for him to stay at NASA, but he has since resigned.
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He's spent nearly 27 years in college for Graduate studies.

Meanwhile, Kelly Johnson (The Godfather) of Aerospace Engineering only had a Masters Degree from Michigan, but designed the:

Lockheed:
Electra
Constellation
SR-71 Blackbird
U-2 Spy Plane
F104
P-38
F-80
C-130
Jetstar (which started the small bizjet industry)

And the list goes on...and these are all iconic airplanes. I haven't even included his awards (which number 44) which include two collier trophies (Highest awards you can get in Aerospace).

I'm not impressed by all this guys book learning.
 
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Pythagorean said:
maybe he wants to build the first commercial docking bay for a space station on the moon

I hope he isn't wasting my tax dollars on such a stupid notion.
 
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Cyrus said:
He's spend nearly 27 years in college for Graduate studies.

Meanwhile, Kelly Johnson (The Godfather) of Aerospace Engineering only had a Masters Degree from Michigan, but designed the:

Lockheed:
Electra
Constellation
SR-71 Blackbird
U-2 Spy Plane
F104
P-38
F-80
C-130
Jetstar (which started the small bizjet industry)

And the list goes on...and these are all iconic airplanes. I haven't even included his awards (which number 44) which include two collier trophies (Highest awards you can get in Aerospace).

I'm not impressed by all this guys book learning.

My first impulse was one of amazement at this guy's "paper background", however stated like this, I realize that I fully agree with you.
 
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phyzmatix said:
My first impulse was one of amazement at this guy's "paper background", however stated like this, I realize that I fully agree with you.
People always have similar reactions to the people who hold record for highest iq like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_vos_Savant

I especially like the section on Fermats Last Theorem.
 
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Cyrus said:
I hope he isn't wasting my tax dollars on such a stupid notion.

or a flying skyscraper, for that matter...
 

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