NASA bosses would serve 10 years under long-shot bill

摘要

Members of Congress and f°rmer NASA officials are advocating for long-shot legis-lation that would restructure the management of the space agency, a move they argue would provide stability for the agency during the transition to the next administration. Republicans on the House Science Committee expressed support during a Feb. 25 hearing for the Space Leadership Preservation Act, a bill that would create a board of directors for NASA who would select nominees for the position of NASA administrator, and give that administrator a 10-year term. "We simply have to give NASA greater stability," said Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), the bill's sponsor, in testimony at the hearing. "We need to make this agency less political and more professional."