{"id":395694,"date":"2025-08-17T19:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=395694"},"modified":"2025-08-17T19:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:02:54","slug":"cheers-nasa-acting-dir-sean-duffy-says-climate-science-will-move-aside-with-nasa-only-focusing-on-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=395694","title":{"rendered":"Cheers! NASA acting dir. Sean Duffy says climate science will \u2018move aside,\u2019 with NASA only focusing on space exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Marc Morano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/5453230-duffy-nasa-climate-science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY RACHEL FRAZIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will \u201cmove aside\u201d as it refocuses solely on space exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll the climate science and all of the other priorities that the last administration had at NASA we\u2019re going to move aside, and all of the science that we do is going to be directed towards exploration, which is the mission of NASA,\u201d Duffy, who also leads the Transportation Department, told Fox Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we have NASA \u2014 is to explore, not to do all of these earth sciences,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA, which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, explores both air and space. It has historically conducted science related to both Earth and space, including climate science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pivot away from climate science is not necessarily a surprise \u2014 the Trump administration has sought to deny and downplay climate change\u2019s impacts and has moved to dismantle scientific research, including by dismissing scientists working on the National Climate Assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

49 Top NASA Astronauts, Scientists, Engineers Sign Letter Ripping \u2018NASA\u2019s advocacy of an extreme [climate] position\u2026warn of \u2018damage\u201d to reputation of NASA\u2026..even the reputation of science itself\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physicist: Sen. Ted Cruz is right: Earth sciences aren\u2019t NASA\u2019s mission<\/a> March 13, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RIP: Retired NASA Scientist Hal Doiron, a climate skeptic & a member of the team that developed the Apollo Lunar Module landing software <\/a>April 28, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three out of four living astronauts who walked on moon are climate skeptics <\/a>October 18, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA Moonwalker & Physicist: \u2018The Phony War Against CO2\u2026Increased CO2 has helped raise global food production & reduce poverty\u2019 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 1, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apollo 17 moonwalker Dr. Harrison Schmitt rejects UN climate report: \u2018The observations that we make as geologists\u2026do not show any evidence that human beings are causing this\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 17, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashback: Oops! Inconvenient Astronaut: NASA Moonwalker Schmitt Defies Gore\u2019s Claim \u2014 Declares Himself a Skeptic! \u2013 <\/a>April 25, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashback: Another Moonwalker Defies Gore: NASA Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin rejects global warming fears: \u2018Climate has been changing for billions of years\u2019 <\/a>July 3, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010: NASA scientist James Hansen endorses book which calls for \u2018ridding the world of Industrial Civilization\u2019 \u2013 Hansen declares author \u2018has it right\u2026the system is the problem\u2019 \u2014 Book proposes \u2018razing cities to the ground, blowing up dams and switching off the greenhouse gas emissions machine\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch: Morano on Fox on \u2018Hottest Year\u2019 Claims: \u2018It\u2019s statistical nonsense\u2019 \u2013 \u2018NASA\u2019s Gavin Schmidt has egg all over his face with this\u2019 <\/a>January 19, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet NASA\u2019s New \u2018James Hansen\u2019 \u2013 Gavin Schmidt \u2013 the man who hates debate & loses when he does debate \u2013 He has been criticized by prominent scientists for \u2018erroneously communicating the reality of the how climate system is actually behaving\u2019 <\/a>June 10, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book details NASA\u2019s \u2018ex-con\u2019 James Hansen\u2019s 1988 climate testimony \u2013 \u2018The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change\u2019 <\/a>June 23, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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