"Associate administrator" refers to a person who assists and supports the main administrator in managing tasks, making decisions, or overseeing a specific area within an organization or company. Full definition
Scott Horowitz, a former shuttle commander who as NASA associate administrator for exploration systems heads up the agency's manned program, shrugs off accusations that the glorious moon - and - Mars agenda is seriously underfunded. (discovermagazine.com)
In response to such remarks, Gregory Williams, NASA's deputy associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, agreed that NASA needs to work harder on defining what the mission will require in order to come up with a reliable cost estimate. (sciencemag.org)
«The SSMEs were reusable,» Dan Dumbacher, former NASA deputy associated administrator for exploration systems development, said of the space shuttle main engines. (spacenews.com)