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Biden Taps Former NASA Chief Scientist to Lead NASA Review Team

By Rachel Jewett

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

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Biden Taps Former NASA Chief Scientist to Lead NASA Review Team

Ellen Stofan of the Smithsonian Institution will lead the NASA review team for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the transition team said Tuesday. Stofan is the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She was chief scientist at NASA from 2013 to 2016 and served as the principal adviser to former Administrator Charles Bolden on NASA’s strategic planning and programs and worked on strategies for NASA to support commercial activity in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO),…

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