I don't mean to make any political statements here, and yes, I can read Wikipedia on what he is up to recently. I am not saying what he is doing right now serving as an advisory council in the private industry is bad. However, it seems just a bit anti-climatic especially for how well he has done to push NASA forward and as a Congressman. It is almost like he has sacrificed all of his "bargaining chips" that he amassed during his political career all on NASA to accomplish what he was able to accomplish, and the political world and the public -- while cheering for his success and given him the respect/fame that he deserves -- has not rewarded him for it in any materialistic way. For this, I feel that we are almost under-utilizing his talents here: I feel that his charisma, passion, and ability to unite people of differing opinions under one common goal can be utilized at the National Space Council, back at NASA (perhaps in some other public role), etc.
Of course, I don't presume to know what he himself wants. Perhaps he's happy to retire and live a peaceful life without the ambition that it takes to carry humanity and the U.S.'s engineering and science frontier on his back while his colleagues gnaw and fight over minuscule self-gain.
I have been trying to find a video of the speech that Jim Bridenstine gave at the 2019 Houston Championships in the Minute Maid stadium where he got interrupted by the water game chant. This is my last hope to find that video
Well, reports are saying that Mr. Bridenstine does not plan to remain in office during the upcoming Biden administration. Well, we tried our hardest, didn't we? Thank you all for the upvotes, awards, and signatures. I really appreciate it, and I'm sure Piotr JΔdrzejczyk (the petition's creator) does as well.
EDIT: DON'T JUST UPVOTE, SIGN THE PETITION!
Upvotes are great, but what we really need is signatures. Share it, sign it, and get the hashtag #KeepJim trending on Twitter!
Jim Bridenstine is one of the best things to happen to NASA in recent years. Not only is highly memeable (as r/spacexmasterrace has not failed to demonstrate), but he has reinvigorated interest in the space program and pushed NASA towards that all-important goal of crewed lunar presence by 2024. Furthermore, he has shown tremendous support for making commercial partners highly involved in the Artemis program, as the numerous Human Lander System and Lunar Gateway contracts have shown (such as the Power and Propulsion Element of Gateway launching on Falcon Heavy, as well as the Dragon XL contract to resupply Gateway). However, there have been some rumblings that both candidates might remove Mr. Bridenstine as NASA administrator. Sign this petition to let them know that we want Jim to stay!
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More precisely, he has declined to serve as NASA's administrator with Biden as president and will step down. Here's the article: https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/nasa-chief-says-he-wont-serve-biden-administration
Sorry for the paywall. If anyone finds another article I'll replace the link.
This sucks.
