The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on Friday’s announcement of the intended nomination by President Donald Trump of U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine to serve as the 13th NASA administrator:
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-statement-on-nomination-for-agency-administrator (via spacemayne)
Ugh I try to stay away from political posts with bad news, but a nomination of climate science denying politician – not an engineer or scientist – to lead NASA can’t be good.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/trump-has-picked-politician-lead-nasa-good-thing
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