{"id":319210,"date":"2021-03-26T14:46:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=319210"},"modified":"2021-03-26T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:46:08","slug":"former-obama-nasa-chief-slams-biden-for-tapping-a-man-to-lead-space-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-nasa-chief-slams-biden-for-tapping-a-man-to-lead-space-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Obama NASA Chief Slams Biden for Tapping a Man to Lead Space Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-obama-nasa-chief-slams-biden-for-tapping-a-man-to-lead-space-agency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=319210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3776.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The NASA administrator under former president Barack Obama criticized President Joe Biden for nominating a man to lead the space agency.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;d still like to see the first woman in the job soon, but it&#8217;s not going to be right now,&#8221; Charles Bolden, the first African American to lead NASA,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-space\/2021\/03\/26\/bolden-would-have-preferred-to-see-a-woman-lead-nasa-492250\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Politico&nbsp;<\/em>Friday. &#8220;I would have preferred to have seen a woman get the job. I love Bill Nelson and I respect him and think he&#8217;ll do a great job, it&#8217;s just my preference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Biden, who nominated former senator Bill Nelson (D., Fla.) to serve as NASA administrator, has already faced criticism from former Obama space officials for the pick. Last week, former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-jim-bridenstine-florida-charles-bolden-bill-nelson-e8593f2102e0d33b4494b12ff0d9c59f\">said<\/a> Biden&#8217;s selection shows &#8220;the good-ole-boy network is strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/former-obama-nasa-chief-slams-biden-for-tapping-a-man-to-lead-space-agency\/\"><strong>Former Obama NASA Chief Slams Biden for Tapping a Man to Lead Space Agency<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/biden-promises-executive-action-legislation-on-guns\/\"><strong>Biden Promises Executive Action, Legislation on Guns&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/doj-nominee-has-up-to-55-million-in-trust-used-to-dodge-estate-tax\/\"><strong>DOJ Nominee Has Up to $55 Million in Trust Used to Dodge Estate Tax<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Garver and former astronaut Pamela Melroy were two female candidates who appeared as early favorites to lead Biden&#8217;s space program. The president, however, tapped Nelson, who has faced criticism for eschewing private partnerships as a senator to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/rumored-biden-nom-for-nasa-administrator-out-of-touch-experts-say\/\">push<\/a>&nbsp;a widely criticized and expensive NASA launch program. Melroy and Garver are still floated as potential deputies for Nelson&#8217;s team and are considered strong picks by space observers for, among other things, their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/events\/future-commercial-space-conversation-pam-melroy-former-nasa-space-shuttle-commander\">experience<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2015\/nasa-veteran-lori-garver-on-space-the-endless-frontier-for-commercial-ventures\/\">in<\/a> commercial space and public-private partnerships.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bolden also said Nelson will need bipartisan support from Congress to succeed as NASA administrator. Republicans, however, may press the former senator on his record of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/potential-biden-nasa-pick-invested-in-chinese-telecom-giant-blacklisted-by-pentagon\/\">championing<\/a>&nbsp;cooperation with China on space exploration and tech development. Beijing openly rivals the United States&#8217; influence in the final frontier and has worked to militarize its space technology.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some space experts believe NASA must work with innovative&nbsp;private companies on research and satellite launches to confront the threat from China\u2014a position embraced by the Trump administration, which also launched Space Force to help meet the challenge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA administrator under former president Barack Obama criticized President Joe Biden for nominating a man to lead the space agency. &#8220;I&#8217;d still like to see the first woman in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311207,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3776.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Former Obama NASA Chief Slams Biden for Tapping a Man to Lead Space Agency","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3776.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Former Obama NASA Chief Slams Biden for Tapping a Man to Lead Space Agency","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}