01-11-2017 13:30 via theverge.com

Trump’s pick for NASA administrator is going to get grilled by the Senate today

Today, the Trump administration’s pick for NASA administrator will testify in front of a Senate committee, answering questions as to why he should run the US space agency. The nominee is Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), who has support within the spaceflight community, but is considered controversial by some within Congress and the science community.
Rumors that Bridenstine would be the administration’s pick started circulating just after the election, though the decision wasn’t of
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