March 28, 2012
The Honorable Charles Bolden, Jr.
NASA Administrator
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20546-0001
Dear Charlie,
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that NASA
and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
refrain from including unproven remarks in public
releases and websites. We believe the claims by NASA
and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a
catastrophic impact on global climate change are not
substantiated, especially when considering thousands
of years of empirical data. With hundreds of
well-known climate scientists and tens of thousands
of other scientists publicly declaring their
disbelief in the catastrophic forecasts, coming
particularly from the GISS leadership, it is clear
that the science is NOT settled.
The unbridled advocacy of CO2 being the major cause
of climate change is unbecoming of NASA's history of
making an objective assessment of all available
scientific data prior to making decisions or public
statements.
As former NASA employees, we feel that NASA's
advocacy of an extreme position, prior to a thorough
study of the possible overwhelming impact of natural
climate drivers is inappropriate. We request that
NASA refrain from including unproven and unsupported
remarks in its future releases and websites on this
subject. At risk is damage to the exemplary
reputation of NASA, NASA's current or former
scientists and employees, and even the reputation of
science itself.
For additional information regarding the science
behind our concern, we recommend that you contact
Harrison Schmitt or Walter Cunningham, or others
they can recommend to you.
Thank you for considering this request.
Sincerely,
(Attached signatures)
CC: Mr. John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator
for Science
CC: Ass Mr. Chris Scolese, Director, Goddard
Space Flight Center
Ref: Letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden,
dated 3-26-12, regarding a request for NASA to
refrain from making unsubstantiated claims that
human produced CO2 is having a catastrophic impact
on climate change.
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Structures, Engineering Directorate, 34 years
2. /s/ Larry Bell - JSC, Mgr. Crew Systems Div.,
Engineering Directorate, 32 years
3. /s/ Dr. Donald Bogard - JSC, Principal
Investigator, Science Directorate, 41 years
4. /s/ Jerry C. Bostick - JSC, Principal
Investigator, Science Directorate, 23 years
5. /s/ Dr. Phillip K. Chapman - JSC, Scientist -
astronaut, 5 years
6. /s/ Michael F. Collins, JSC, Chief, Flight Design
and Dynamics Division, MOD, 41 years
7. /s/ Dr. Kenneth Cox - JSC, Chief Flight Dynamics
Div., Engr. Directorate, 40 years
8. /s/ Walter Cunningham - JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 7,
8 years
9. /s/ Dr. Donald M. Curry - JSC, Mgr. Shuttle
Leading Edge, Thermal Protection Sys., Engr. Dir.,
44 years
10. /s/ Leroy Day - Hdq. Deputy Director, Space
Shuttle Program, 19 years
11. /s/ Dr. Henry P. Decell, Jr. - JSC, Chief,
Theory & Analysis Office, 5 years
12. /s/Charles F. Deiterich - JSC, Mgr., Flight
Operations Integration, MOD, 30 years
13. /s/ Dr. Harold Doiron - JSC, Chairman, Shuttle
Pogo Prevention Panel, 16 years
14. /s/ Charles Duke - JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 16, 10
years
15. /s/ Anita Gale
16. /s/ Grace Germany - JSC, Program Analyst, 35
years
17. /s/ Ed Gibson - JSC, Astronaut Skylab 4, 14
years
18. /s/ Richard Gordon - JSC, Astronaut, Gemini Xi,
Apollo 12, 9 years
19. /s/ Gerald C. Griffin - JSC, Apollo Flight
Director, and Director of Johnson Space Center, 22
years
20. /s/ Thomas M. Grubbs - JSC, Chief, Aircraft
Maintenance and Engineering Branch, 31 years
21. /s/ Thomas J. Harmon
22. /s/ David W. Heath - JSC, Reentry Specialist,
MOD, 30 years
23. /s/ Miguel A. Hernandez, Jr. - JSC, Flight crew
training and operations, 3 years
24. /s/ James R. Roundtree - JSC Branch Chief, 26
years
25. /s/ Enoch Jones - JSC, Mgr. SE&I, Shuttle
Program Office, 26 years
26. /s/ Dr. Joseph Kerwin - JSC, Astronaut, Skylab
2, Director of Space and Life Sciences, 22 years
27. /s/ Jack Knight - JSC, Chief, Advanced
Operations and Development Division, MOD, 40
years
28. /s/ Dr. Christopher C. Kraft - JSC, Apollo
Flight Director and Director of Johnson Space
Center, 24 years
29. /s/ Paul C. Kramer - JSC, Ass.t for Planning
Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Div., Egr. Dir., 34
years
30. /s/ Alex (Skip) Larsen
31. /s/ Dr. Lubert Leger - JSC, Ass't. Chief
Materials Division, Engr. Directorate, 30 years
32. /s/ Dr. Humbolt C. Mandell - JSC, Mgr. Shuttle
Program Control and Advance Programs, 40
years
33. /s/ Donald K. McCutchen - JSC, Project Engineer
- Space Shuttle and ISS Program Offices, 33 years
34. /s/ Thomas L. (Tom) Moser - Hdq. Dep. Assoc.
Admin. & Director, Space Station Program, 28 years
35. /s/ Dr. George Mueller - Hdq., Assoc. Adm.,
Office of Space Flight, 6 years
36. /s/ Tom Ohesorge
37. /s/ James Peacock - JSC, Apollo and Shuttle
Program Office, 21 years
38. /s/ Richard McFarland - JSC, Mgr. Motion
Simulators, 28 years
39. /s/ Joseph E. Rogers - JSC, Chief, Structures
and Dynamics Branch, Engr. Directorate, 40
years
40. /s/ Bernard J. Rosenbaum - JSC, Chief Engineer,
Propulsion and Power Division, Engr. Dir.,
48 years
41. /s/ Dr. Harrison (Jack) Schmitt - JSC, Astronaut
Apollo 17, 10 years
42. /s/ Gerard C. Shows - JSC, Asst. Manager,
Quality Assurance, 30 years
43. /s/ Kenneth Suit - JSC, Ass't Mgr., Systems
Integration, Space Shuttle, 37 years
44. /s/ Robert F. Thompson - JSC, Program Manager,
Space Shuttle, 44 years
45. /s/ Frank Van Renesselaer - Hdq., Mgr. Shuttle
Solid Rocket Boosters, 15 years
46. /s/ Dr. James Visentine - JSC Materials Branch,
Engineering Directorate, 30 years
47. /s/ Manfred (Dutch) von Ehrenfried - JSC, Flight
Controller; Mercury, Gemini & Apollo, MOD, 10 years
48. /s/ George Weisskopf - JSC, Avionics Systems
Division, Engineering Dir., 40 years
49. /s/ Al Worden - JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 15, 9
years
50. /s/ Thomas (Tom) Wysmuller - JSC, Meteorologist,
5 years
