Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will take over as the interim administrator of NASA, President Donald Trump said on July 9.
“I am pleased to announce that I am directing our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to be Interim Administrator of NASA,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“Sean is doing a TREMENDOUS job in handling our Country’s Transportation Affairs, including creating a state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control systems, while at the same time rebuilding our roads and bridges, making them efficient, and beautiful, again.”
The development comes a little more than one month after Trump rescinded his previous nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, citing a “thorough review of prior associations,” which include past donations to Democrats....