{"id":135,"date":"2007-06-07T10:22:48","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=135"},"modified":"2007-06-07T23:40:11","modified_gmt":"2007-06-08T03:40:11","slug":"nasa-chief-regrets-remarks-on-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"NASA chief regrets remarks on global warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?attachment_id=136\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136\" title=\"Getty Photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/070605_giffin_vmed_7pvsmall.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Getty Photo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/18964176\/\" title=\"NASA head unsure global warming is a problem - Climate scientist dismisses remarks as showing \"\u02dcarrogance and ignorance'\" target=\"_blank\">On May 31, 2007<\/a>, &#8220;<strong>The head of NASA said he was not sure global warming was a problem and added that it would be &#8220;arrogant&#8221;\u009d to assume the world&#8217;s climate should not change in the future. Scientists called the remarks ignorant.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/19058588\" title=\"NASA chief regrets remarks on global warming - In video, Griffin says he wishes he'd stayed out of debate on climate effects\" target=\"_blank\">On June 4, 2007<\/a>, &#8220;<strong>The head of NASA told scientists and engineers that he regrets airing his personal views about global warming during a recent radio interview, according to a video of the meeting obtained by The Associated Press.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NASA administrator Michael Griffin said in the closed-door meeting Monday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena that &#8220;unfortunately, this is an issue which has become far more political than technical, and it would have been well for me to have stayed out of it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;All I can really do is apologize to all you guys&#8230;. I feel badly that I caused this amount of controversy over something like this,&#8221; he said.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I don&#8217;t think this guy is really a bad guy. He was simply talking about his own views on the issue and, unfortunately, got taken for a ride with the political correct science crowd. Thankfully he didn&#8217;t apologize and say he didn&#8217;t really mean it or that he didn&#8217;t know enough to have said such statements, he simply apologized for putting NASA in a controversial spot light.<\/p>\n<p>I actually think that it should be refreshing to the American public (as it is to me) to know that  such a high ranking official and scientist not be persuaded by the &#8216;junk science&#8217; of global warming. 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