Cowing defends the space station
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec05/space_7-28.html
Perhaps my going round and round and round with him on this, clean back to the days of the MSNBC space bbs, may have had some beneficial effect. Perhaps something finally sank in, or perhaps Griffin managed to convince him, or perhaps observation, or perhaps it's just age. Whatever the cause, it looks like he finally acquired some wisdom.