America’s first manned space mission in almost 10 years he changed his boss at the last minute and without further explanation.
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Douglas Loverro, NASA’s chief of human space flight operations, resigned on May 18, just days before the highly anticipated launch of the Crew Dragon capsule, which should mark the resumption of manned missions from American soil for the first time since 2011. Loverro, as NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations (HEO), was expected to preside over flight readiness.
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9, the Crew Dragon capsule of which will carry astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, is scheduled to be launched on May 27 from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, and will be the first manned mission by USA in almost 10 years. Astronauts plan to start this Wednesday the final preparations for your mission.
Loverro, who was in office Since last October, he wrote in a letter to employees of HEO management, published by Spaceref, That “risk taking is part of the job description” and said he made “a mistake”, without explaining what it consisted of.
“I took a big risk earlier this year because I judged that our mission needed to be accomplished. Now, after all, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice, for which only I must suffer the consequences. And therefore, I am writing to you today with a very, very heavy heart, to let you know that I resigned from NASA as of May 18, 2020 (…) My departure is due to personal actions, not to anything we have accomplished together, “he wrote.
From now on, Kenneth Bowersox will be acting director of manned programs. NASA also offered no additional information on Loverro’s resignation, but assured than “made significant progress at NASA” and that under his leadership the US “He got closer to the goal of sending the first woman and another man to the Moon in 2024.”
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