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Mighty highs in 2004  view story
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
GARY ROBBINS - - Orange County Register
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A puny robot named Spirit had barely touched down on Mars in January when NASA chief Sean O'Keefe strode into a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and playfully growled, "We're back!"
O'Keefe was desperate for good news. The space agency's reputation was damaged by the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia, which killed seven astronauts, and the loss of NASA's last two Mars explorers.
The shuttles have yet to begin flying again. But 2004 has turned out to be a historic year for NASA - and for entrepreneurs and companies that proved there's plenty of ingenuity in the private sector.
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