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I think it emphasizes the importance of the results - it's for everyone, not just scientific types. Back in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson "expressed interest"

I think it emphasizes the importance of the results - it's for everyone, not just scientific types. Back in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson "expressed interest" in the first close-up pictures NASA got from the Moon on Ranger 7. The freshly developed images were loaded onto a plane and the President got a private briefing with the head of NASA on the very same day. (sorry, I don't think I can link the picture) https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Ch_18.htm https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Ch_18.htm

dylan604 4y ago
>President got a private briefing with the head of NASA head of NASA aka the Vice President. maybe you meant the NASA administrator?
- onionisafruit 4y ago
  I think they mean James Webb. As a side note, I thought the NASA Administrator reported to POTUS.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    Very possibly. It's in my head that the NASA Administrator "reported" to VPOTUS, but that could just be from a bit in a movie more so than real world.
    - lurquer 4y ago
      Nobody reports to VPOTUS.
      - dylan604 4y ago
        Except the entire senate, but that's okay, they're a bunch of nobodies
        lurquer 4y ago
        The senate does not report to the VP. Read the constitution.
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