Donald Trump Nominated a Man With No Space Experience To Be NASA’s Second-in-Command

NextGov: The White House announced today his intent to nominate James Morhard, a long-time senate aide with no experience in space technology, to be the deputy administrator of NASA.

In doing so, Trump is passing over Dr. Janet Kavandi, an astronaut and respected leader of one of the space agency’s research centers. Kavandi was the first choice of NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, who had called for her appointment publicly.

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