Scott PowersMarch 19, 2021
4min1510
Nelson has long been a leader in space policy legislation.
Tag: NASA administrator
Scott PowersMarch 19, 2021Scott PowersMarch 11, 2019
9min474
'It's about having a sustainable human presence on and around the moon.'
Scott PowersApril 18, 2018
3min577
Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson took another swing Wednesday morning at the nomination of Oklahoma Republican U.S. Rep. James Bridenstine‘s appointment as the next NASA administrator, calling him partisan and unqualified. During a 16-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Nelson suggested that Bridenstine could be dangerous overseeing NASA missions that had […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2017
3min402
Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson Wednesday trashed President Donald Trump‘s nomination of Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine as the next NASA administrator. Nelson, the ranking member on the Senate Commerce Committee and a former space shuttle astronaut himself, called Bridenstine divisively partisan and extreme, and scientifically unqualified to be leader of America’s space agency. […]