The NASA public-affairs appointee who insisted on the word “theory” after every mention of the Big Bang has resigned in disgrace, after Texas A&M reveals that he did not get a degree as he claimed on his resume.
[Nelson Muntz]
Ha ha!
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Did the hiring managers at NASA not bother to confirm whether or not he graduated as he stated?
Even if he had graduated, he was a political appointee that was rammed through. I’m not sure the hiring managers had much say in it.
Doesn’t the “presidential appointee” thing bypass that process?
What he said but louder
Ha ha!
That is so cool and so just.
Jim
A simple typo. It wasn’t a Degree in Theoretical Physics, it was a Theoretical Degree in Physics.
Oh, wow, I have that same degree, what a coincidence.
You know, considering these guys are in charge of one of the world’s best space and aeronautics programs, I’m a little disturbed…
Yayy! Great news, thanks for sharing.
He was a political appointee. So NASA didn’t have a whole lot of say, I’m guessing.
He was in the public affairs office, he wasn’t in charge of any space/aeronautics programs.
I stand corrected, and my faith is restorted.
You<d think that people would have hearned after the Political Adventures of the Twentieth Century that having a parallel ideological power structure in any organization tends to wreck its efficiency…
But I’ll bet he did a “heck of a job.”
I wonder if he left with a Little Whimper.
Theoretically 
You see, now THAT’s some serious funny, guys. Thanks for playing.
And yes, if you’re appointed by the President (or a political appointee who was appointed by the President) the agency in charge has nothing to say about it.
I thought I had one, but then I looked and it wasn’t there.
I’ll bet it wasn’t moving, and you weren’t really certain where it was.