As one of the foremost experts on economic crises--and how to solve them--my next nominee, Christina Romer, will bring a critically needed perspective to her work as chair of my Council of Economic Advisors.
From the scientific perspective, for the story to close for science, flight rates have to be high, said Alan Stern, chair of the scientific organizing committee for the conference and associate vice president of the Southwest Research Institute's Space Science and Engineering Division in Boulder.