THE GRANDEST POSSIBLE AGE.

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.