Is JPL government or private?
JPL is federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech. Administrator of NASA. The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the highest-ranking official of NASA, the national space agency of the United States.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the most well-known space agency in the world.Abstract. Daniel Goldin set the record for longevity as administrator of NASA, serving from 1992 to 2001. Active and controversial, he was unusually visible as a self-proclaimed ‘agent of change’. Coping with a turbulent political environment, Goldin directed NASA from the end of the Cold War to the early 21st century.