Trump Taps Sean Duffy as Interim NASA Administrator

Friday, July 11, 2025

President Trump said late Wednesday that he was tapping Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to lead NASA on an interim basis ...

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 03:31 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

i just think if sean duffy can be NASA administrator that i should've at least been considered at the conclave
-- Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) Jul 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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Qualifications?

Let's see ...

Sean Duffy
en.wikipedia.org

... Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, lawyer, former prosecutor, and former television personality who has served as the 20th United States secretary of transportation since January 2025. Duffy has additionally served as the acting administrator of NASA since July 2025.[1] A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. ...

OK, nothing that stands out so far, except, maybe, that TV personality aspect. Possibly, another Sec Hegseth?

Let's dive a little deeper ...

Early television career
en.wikipedia.org

... In 1997, Duffy starred on The Real World: Boston, the sixth season of the MTV reality television show, and on Road Rules: All Stars, a Winnebago driving event, in 1998, where he met his future wife Rachel Campos. Duffy later appeared on Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, which aired in 2002. Both appeared in a filmed segment on 2008's The Real World Awards Bash, while Duffy served as district attorney.[9] ...

Wait, what?!?!

His only experience with transportation seems to be a MTV reality show?

And now Pres Trump may want him to lead NASA?

Wow.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-10 12:41 AM

... NASA is hemorrhaging employees, thanks in no small part to the White House's efforts to prune the federal workforce. According to internal documents reviewed this week by Politico, more than 2,000 senior-level staff are planning to leave the agency via the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, which has also trimmed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other federal organizations.

The documents point to 2,145 forthcoming senior-level resignations as of July 9. A majority of those resignations are among employees at the GS-13 and GS-14 levels, which are reserved for technical experts and supervisory roles, while 875 are classified as GS-15, the federal government's highest General Schedule grade level.

Nearly 85% of those leaving are "serving in mission areas like science or human space flight, with the rest performing mission support roles like IT, facilities management, or finance," Politico noted. ...