"This is a real milestone, " NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said.

NASA的主主管说：“这是一个这真正的里程碑。”

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Michael Griffin, a former NASA boss, argued in 2007 that the shuttle had cost so much money and time that it had held back the agency for decades.

2007年，前NASA官员迈克尔·格里芬表示航天飞机花费了太多的时间与金钱，在这几十年间拖了宇航局的后腿。

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Griffin is the third player selected No. 1 overall by the Clippers, following Michael Olowokandi (1998) and Manning (1988).

格里芬是快船选中的第三个状元，那两位是迈克尔·奥洛沃坎迪(1998年)和丹尼·曼宁(1988年)。

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Mr. MICHAEL GRIFFIN (NASA): I get an enormous amount of outside advice and actually, I listen to it.

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But NASA's administrator Michael Griffin says he hears criticism all the time.

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In April, the previous Nasa chief, Dr Michael Griffin, joined the University of Alabama in Huntsville as a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering.

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