WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin plans to oust about 20 space agency officials by mid-August, including two leaders of the program making final preparations for the space shuttle's first trip in more than two years, the Washington Post reported in Saturday's edition.
Griffin wants to build a less political and more scientifically oriented team to implement President Bush's plan to return humans to the moon by 2020 and eventually send them to Mars, the paper said, quoting unnamed NASA officials, congressional and aerospace industry sources.
These sources said the targeted officials will be notified on Monday. Griffin took over as administrator of the space agency about two months ago.
Griffin's spokesman told the newspaper the process "is not unusual. When a new leader comes in, he wants to shape his team."
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