Mission: Out Of Control

Charles "Charlie" Bolden is a quintessential American hero.  He's a well-decorated Marine, and a veteran of both Vietnam and Desert Storm.  He flew more than 100 sorties into North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.  He was a Navy aviator and test pilot.  He was a NASA astronaut.  He has a Masters of Science in systems management from the University of South Carolina.

Last May, President Obama appointed him as NASA Administrator.  On the surface, it seems like an excellent choice.

Recently, Bolden consented to an interview with al-Jazeera.  In that interview, he had this to say:

When I became the NASA Administrator — before I became the NASA Administrator — [Obama] charged me with three things: One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.

Byron York wrote about the interview, and has more here.  A video of the interview can be found here.