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Science 20 November 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5393, p. 1393
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5393.1393b
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ScienceScope

NASA has a new chief space scientist. On Monday, agency Administrator Dan Goldin named Edward Weiler as associate administrator for the Office of Space Science. Weiler had served as acting head since late September, when his popular predecessor Wes Huntress stepped down. Weiler takes control of a $2.1 billion R&D program that includes high-profile research on extraterrestrial life and the origins of the solar system.

NASA scientists are giving Weiler a warm welcome. "Ed Weiler will be a very effective champion for space science," says Scott Hubbard, deputy director of space at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Researchers credit Weiler with injecting new energy into NASA's astrobiology program and spearheading efforts to recover and repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)