It appears that the relationship between Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator, and Lori Garver, head of Obama’s space transition team are not going well.

More accurately, the relationship between the current NASA Administrator, and the , a former NASA associate administrator now working for Obama, has gone completely pear shaped, and it appears to be Griffin’s doing:

In a heated 40-minute conversation last week with Lori Garver, a former NASA associate administrator who heads the space transition team, a red-faced Griffin demanded to speak directly to Obama, according to witnesses.

In addition, Griffin is scripting NASA employees and civilian contractors on what they can tell the transition team and has warned aerospace executives not to criticize the agency’s moon program, sources said.

This is completely whack…..You have a program that you want to continue, and you proceed to piss off the transition team, and institute gag orders, when you cannot help but know that this will insure your rapid exit in January.

This is more than nuts, this is “Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich” nuts.