Melissa Floyd, a NASA scientist wants to create a device that will be capable of finding bacteria or another type of single-celled microorganism called archaea in other planets.
With most of the experienced administrators — past and present — ineligible because of the cooling-off clause, the former captain is a prime candidate to assume the mantle.
The MTI revised its first quarter growth to 2.2 percent from 1.5 percent on a quarter-on-quarter basis and its first quarter year-on-year growth to 4.5 percent from 4.3 percent.
New Horizons is currently in the Kuiper Belt, waiting for a flyby of a rock roughly 30 kilometers across, after which it will carry on towards the Oort clouds.