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Related: About this forumNASA Chief Says He Will Step Down When Biden Takes Office
George Dvorsky
Yesterday 2:35PM
Jim Bridenstine will reportedly step down soon from his top role at NASA, saying he would be a poor fit for the job under a Biden administration. Appointed by the outgoing, impeached President Donald Trump, the Republican former congressman ended up being actually competent as leader of NASA, despite his history of climate change denial and lack of a background in science.
A new item will soon have to be added to President-elect Joe Bidens already lengthy to-do list, as an important vacancy is set to emerge at NASA. Jim Bridenstine, after a three-year stint as NASA chief, plans to leave the role behind, Irene Klotz reports at Aviation Week.
Bridenstine told Klotz his decision wasnt motivated by politics and that new NASA leadership will be required under Biden.
The interests of NASA and the U.S. space exploration program will be best served by somebody who has a close relationship with the president of the United States, he said on Sunday, after it became clear that Biden had won the presidency. You need somebody who is trusted by the administration... including the OMB [Office of Management and Budget], the National Space Council and the National Security Council, and I think that I would not be the right person for that in a new administration, said Bridenstine, as reported in Aviation Week.
More:
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-chief-says-he-will-step-down-when-biden-takes-offi-1845621702
President Donald Trump gives the signing pen to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on June 18.
Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Perhaps his subtle way of telling chumputin it's over.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)aeromanKC
(3,328 posts)Don't let the door hit you on your MAGAt ass!!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)More to this story?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)You are a trumper, you are not fit to serve under the new patriot.
You were going to be replaced, you did this ONLY to get airtime.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Outgoing, impeached President Donald Trump
Thats good reporting!
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)Good riddance, we don't need any malingerers anywhere in OUR government.
badhair77
(4,221 posts)Be on your way, Jim. Make room for someone who cares about the future of NASA.
CurtEastPoint
(18,664 posts)He is a former executive director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium
getagrip_already
(14,838 posts)merely knowing what air and space are is qualification enough under this admin.
CurtEastPoint
(18,664 posts)getagrip_already
(14,838 posts)And you can get 2 wrong answers and still pass on a 2 question test.
CurtEastPoint
(18,664 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)He was always being groomed for that anyway. Great.
Chainfire
(17,644 posts)don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!
Tien1985
(920 posts)When I think NASA Director, I don't think "should have a close personal relationship with the president." Hope the door hits him on the way out.
cstanleytech
(26,320 posts)good relationship with the President.
It's a bonus of course but science is what NASA is about.
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)ALL the people he needs to cooperate with ? That's as good as admitting he can't -- read won't -- work with other people.
Maybe there's a job waiting for him at the Creationism Museum.