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NASA Administrator Agency Redirection Initiatives, 1992 - 2002

 Series — Box: 39
Identifier: MSA 81, Series 7

Scope and Contents

From 1991 - 1993 Craig served as Manager for Space Station Technical Projects (NASA JSC); led an integrated Long Duration Orbiter/Space Station study to increase early on-orbit capability; led assessment of JSC program control capability; and served on Administrator's "Red Teams" for assessing human spaceflight programs and NASA Center roles and missions.

Some of the key documents as indicated by Craig include: Memo HQ, RE: Red Team Rosters and Proposed Generic Draft Charter for NASA Review Red Teams, To: Distribution, From: AE/Assistant Deputy Administrator (Charles Bolden), May 26, 1992; Presentation, Human Presence in Space, Red Team, Report to the Administrator, August 20, 1992 (original document); NASA Organization Working Group Report to the Senior Management Group, October 12, 1994 (presentation); Considerations for the NASA Exploration Vision/Strategy briefing by Mark Craig to NASA Senior Management Retreat, March 5, 2000; and A NASA Role in Space charts by Craig.

This series is broken down into four sub-series to reflect his work on various teams during this time.
  1. Dan Goldin Presence in Space Red Team
  2. Dan Goldin Strategic Planning Red Team
  3. Dan Goldin NASA Organization Working Group
  4. Sean O'Keefe Vision Experience

Dates

  • 1992 - 2002

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material is primarily in English. Russian is also present.

Acess Information

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 36.027 Cubic Feet (Eighty-six letter-size full-width manuscript boxes, eleven letter-size half-width manuscript boxes, two cubic foot boxes, and five flat boxes. Some oversized items are in flat file folders. )

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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