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Friday, July 11, 2025

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

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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 | Reply

" including creating a state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control systems"

That DON'T ------- EXIST.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-10 10:21 AM | Reply

Related ...

Over 2,000 Senior-Level NASA Staff to Take White House Resignation Offer
www.extremetech.com

... 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. ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-11 01:12 PM | Reply

What a boondoggle for Duffy.

What has NASA done? Everything cool being done with/in Space or Aeronautics is all private or military.

1. Joby
2. Boom
3. SpaceX
4. ... I could go on, everyone but Gaslighter understands.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-07-11 01:25 PM | Reply

It seem ironic that we have a Transportation secretary who has a phobia about riding in subways.

OCU

#5 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-07-11 03:51 PM | Reply

@#5 ... It seem ironic that we have a Transportation secretary who has a phobia about riding in subways. ...

Being unqualified and/or incompetent seems to be an important criterion that Pres Trump uses to choose his senior staff.


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-11 04:14 PM | Reply

Duffy only needs one qualification, and we all know what that is.

But maybe there's another facet to this boondoggle appointment of Duffy.

Perhaps Trump did a tradeoff so Russia could win the space race, maybe even for shared military purposes. They both want to rule the world.

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-07-11 05:42 PM | Reply

@#7 ... Duffy only needs one qualification, and we all know what that is. ...

Yup. And that is the main (only?) deciding qualification.

Which is why in #6 I said, "important" and not "primary."

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-11 06:00 PM | Reply

Duffy only needs one qualification, and we all know what that is.

Pretending to gag on Trump's microphallus.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-11 06:15 PM | Reply

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