President appoints his transportation secretary as interim administrator of space agency as it faces trouble amid Trump budget cuts.
Donald Trump appointed transportation secretary Sean Duffy as interim administrator of Nasa six weeks after withdrawing the nomination of Elon Musk ally and billionaire Jared Isaacman for permanent role.
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Duffy a former Rebublican congressman from Wisconsin who star on MTV The Real World in 1997 brings no space background to role.
His appointment is seen as signal that Trump intends to push through his budget cuts which would terminate dozens of science mission consisiting the Mars Odyssey spacecraft that has been studying the red planet since 2001.
The president revealed the appointment on Truth Social on Wednesday evening praising Duffy work on transport infrastructure and show him as someone who will be a leader of the ever more space agency even if only for a short period of time.
Duffy who maintain his cabinet positio while taking on Nasa duties wrote on X.
“Honored to accept this mission. Tine to take over space. Let’s launch”
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