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The Honorable Charles Bolden, Jr.
NASA Administrator
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20546-0001
Dear Charlie,
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that NASA and the Goddard Institute for
Space Studies (GISS) refrain from including unproven remarks in public releases and
websites. We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is
having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated,
especially when considering thousands of years of empirical data.
With hundreds of well-known climate scientists and tens of thousands of other scientists publicly declaring their disbelief in the catastrophic forecasts, coming particularly from
the GISS leadership, it is clear that the science is NOT settled.
The unbridled advocacy of CO2 being the major cause of climate change is unbecoming of NASAÂ’s history of making an objective assessment of all available scientific data prior to making decisions or public statements.
As former NASA employees, we feel that NASAÂ’s advocacy of an extreme position, prior
to a thorough study of the possible overwhelming impact of natural climate drivers
is inappropriate. We request that NASA refrain from including unproven and
unsupported remarks in its future releases and websites on this subject. At risk is
damage to the exemplary reputation of NASA, NASAÂ’s current or former scientists and
employees, and even the reputation of science itself.
For additional information regarding the science behind our concern, we recommend
that you contact Harrison Schmitt or Walter Cunningham, or others they can recommend
to you.
Thank you for considering this request.
Sincerely,
(Attached signatures)
CC: Mr. John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for Science
CC: Ass Mr. Chris Scolese, Director, Goddard Space Flight Center
Ref: Letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, dated 3-26-12, regarding a request
for NASA to refrain from making unsubstantiated claims that human produced CO2 is
having a catastrophic impact on climate change.
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Space Center, 24 years
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Egr. Dir., 34 years
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