The departing NASA chief’s advice for Joe Biden’s space leaders

The departing NASA chief’s advice for Joe Biden’s space leaders

“People need to understand that this is a political job,” former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told Quartz last week. The outgoing head of the world’s largest space agency under president Donald Trump never got a chance to forget that reality. Bridenstine is aware that many NASA administrators have seen their most ambitious proposals canceled after they leave office, and is capable of listing failed moonshots.