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Griffin: A Troubled U.S. Space Program Faces ‘Silent Sputnik’-America May Lose Long-Held Leadership On The High Frontier

His Warning Sounded As European Robotic Cargo Spaceship Automatically Docks At International Space Station; Griffin Hails Europe As 'Full-Fledged Space Power' Mikulski Renews Efforts To Add $1 Billion NASA Recovery Fund, But Other Lawmakers Seek Funding Cuts In Agency Programs; Spaceship Exploration Program May Face Funding Reductions The top leader of America's space program said it faces "a silent Sputnik" in which it stands to lose long-held leadership in space, even as other nations set forth into the void with…

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