I admit this is a few years old, but I just found out about it and thought it was hilarious. First some background. For anybody that remembers the 1999 movie "October Sky", it was about a group of West Virginia High School kids in 1957 who after Sputnik decided to build their own rockets. They were successful, and after several incidents where they learned more and more about the science were actually the winner of the National Science Fair. And one of the leaders of the group was Homer Hickam, who after attending Virginia Tech where he got a degree in engineering and serving in the Army in Vietnam got a job at NASA. He then worked for NASA from 1981-1998, working on multiple missions for the Space Shuttle and Hubble Space Telescope, in addition to the ISS and others. And in 2018 was appointed to the National Space Council. But apparently in 2019 a gal who had gotten an internship at NASA sent out a tweet with some rather foul language in it. And Mr. Hickam politely sent her one back which simply said "Language". And in response, she sent one back saying "Suck my d***, b****. I'm working at NASA". At which point he simply stated that he was on the National Space Council that oversees NASA. And apparently somebody that actually works at NASA saw this exchange, and her internship offer was withdrawn. This should be a lesson to everybody to be careful what they say on social media. As you never know who might be reading it. [URL unfurl="true"]https://indianexpress.com/article/t...nal-space-council-homer-hickam-naomi-5322229/[/URL]
I once worked at NASA-Houston. There was a big sign over the employee entrance that read "The meek shall inherit the Earth... the rest of us are going to the STARS!" I still get a kick out of that when I think of it.
sounds like she may of still got the job, hard to tell, if she did, she is lucky and got a 2nd chance, better not blow it
Oof. I can see why someone would get excited and braggy about getting a job at NASA. I can also see why NASA wouldn't be keen on hiring someone who acts like that in public. That had to have been rough...
Actually, there is nothing in that which says she got the job. Just that some said they would not hold that against her in the future. And insulting the Vice President's appointee on the National Space Council is likely something that people would remember, even if they say it will not affect her in the future.
I know that I would NOT want such a person on any of my teams in high tech. There are always difference of opinion, great new ideas that don't get implement, ideas that require cooperation including from those who don't get immediate benefit, etc., etc. The people one hires have to have the kind of potential that means they will become the future leaders. People who respond in that way above ARE a serious problem.
