NASA will be led by a climate change skeptic after 15 months without a director

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NASA had never been without a director for so long. Since the January 20, 2017, coinciding with the release of president in the White House, former astronaut Charles Bolden resigned as head of NASA, the US space agency has been led by a director in office, Robert Lightfoot. Until this Thursday, when the controversial candidate proposed seven and a half months ago by Donald Trump, the Republican Jim Bridenstine, has finally achieved the approval of the Senate. He has achieved, yes, the minimum: with 50 Republican votes in favor , and 49 against (of 47 Democrats and two independents). Bridenstine (Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1975), former Army pilot, congressman for the state of Oklahoma since 2012 and supporter of the US sending a manned mission to the Moon again, will be the 13th director of NASA. Once again President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, your confidence, I look forward to working with this incredible team to carry out the president's ideas for America's leadership in the space sector, "said Bridenstine. statement issued today by NASA. Plans to send a manned mission to the Moon (and change the program that Obama had launched during his mandate to prioritize a manned trip to Mars in the early 1930s) and not to renew the commitment of USA on the International Space Station (ISS).

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The proposal to place a climate change negacionista with a very political profile in front of a scientific institution like NASA caused stupor and rejection even among the republican ranks. In addition to its space exploration program, the agency has an important terrestrial observation program in which research on global warming is one of its main lines. An investment that seemed a waste to Bridenstine. In 2013, during an intervention in the US House of Representatives, he was very critical of the then president, Barack Obama, for devoting too much money to global warming, even saying that he should apologize for it. However, since last September was nominated by Trump to lead NASA, has been softening its position on this matter. Now he admits the role of the human being in climate change, although he maintains that it is not the main cause. Also his limited experience as manager has been criticized. This week, an independent organization, Project on Government Oversight, questioned his management of the Planetarium and the Tulsa Space and Air Museum, which he directed between 2008 and 2010, reports The New York Times. Married and with three children, Bridenstine has also shown his rejection of homosexual marriage. Robert Lightfoot's announcement that he would leave his post as acting director of NASA at the end of April has led to the confirmation of Bridenstine as the new leader of the agency in a session in which Senator Tammy Duckworth took a good part of the spotlight when you go to the poll with your baby in your arms.

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