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The article presents a speech by Michael D. Griffin, Administrator of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), delivered to the Space Transportation Association in Washington, D.C. on January 8, 2009, in which he discussed NASA's future plans, which include the completion of the International Space Station (ISS), the retirement and replacement of the Shuttle fleet, and the inauguration of sustained human presence on the Moon.

The speech "Building NASA's Future" is presented, delivered by National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Michael D. Griffin to the Second Annual Billig-Croft Lecture at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland on April 17, 2008, discussing engineering education and the importance for engineers of learning from experience.

The speech "The Grandest Possible Age" is presented, delivered by Michael D. Griffin, administrator of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), during the NASA 50th Anniversary Lecture Series in Washington D.C. on September 17, 2007, discussing the history of NASA and its origins during the Cold War, the race to the Moon, and the state of the "space economy" of the 21st century.

Presented is the text of a speech by Michael D. Griffin, Administrator of the U.S. National and Space Administration delivered to the U.S. Space Foundation National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado on April 6, 2006. Griffin reviewed his objectives as NASA's administrator as expressed during his Senate confirmation hearing. He also addressed the reasons for space exploration.

The article presents a speech by Michael D. Griffin, administrator of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration delivered to the California Space Authority in Los Angeles, California on December 2, 2005. He discusses national and world leadership in space exploration and the importance for the U.S. to maintain its leadership role in space exploration.

The article presents an excerpt from a speech by U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration administrator Michael Griffin on September 12, 2006, which discusses the relationship between science and exploration.