mo4ch:>NASA exec in charge of Artemis moon mission quits after just 6 weeks, ‘escorted out of HQ’ | Mo4ch News

Mark Sirangelo, who joined NASA less than two months ago as special assistant to agency chief Jim Bridenstine on the Artemis project, has left his post after his proposal for a “sustainable lunar campaign” was nixed by Congress.Sirangelo “was escorted out of NASA’s headquarters in Washington” after he resigned, according to two sources who spoke to Reuters, “to pursue other opportunities.” Sirangelo joined the agency in April to organize a dedicated “mission directorate” focused on achieving the goals of the Artemis project - up to and including establishing a permanent moon base.Most importantly - and urgently - Sirangelo was responsible for developing a strategy to meet Vice President Mike Pence’s increasingly implausible 2024 deadline for Americans’ return to the moon - and his departure suggests that NASA still doesn’t have a workable plan in place to get there.Also on rt.comArtemis: NASA to send first WOMAN to the Moon by 2024 in operation named after Apollo's twin sisterCong…