Gilbrech to Replace Horowitz
NASA has chosen new leadership for its human lunar exploration program and awarded a $1.8 billion contract for development of the first stage rocket that will propel the spacecraft that succeeds the space shuttle.
Richard “Rick” Gilbrech will replace Scott “Doc” Horowitz as the space agency’s associate administrator of the exploration systems mission directorate, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said.
Horowitz, a former astronaut, announced his decision earlier this summer to leave NASA by Oct. 1. Read more
