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A woman may have lost her NASA internship following a profane Twitter exchange with a member of the National Space Council.
On Wednesday, user @NaomiH_official excitedly announced her new job offer.
“EVERYONE SHUT THE F— UP,” Naomi H wrote. “I GOT ACCEPTED FOR A NASA INTERNSHIP.”
Her big news caught the eye of former NASA engineer Homer Hickam, who commented “Language” underneath her tweet.
Naomi then replied, “Suck my d— and balls I’m working at NASA.” That’s when Hickam, 75, revealed his identity.
“And I am on the National Space Council that oversees NASA,” Hickam wrote.
“This I had nothing to do with nor could I since I do not hire and fire at the agency or have any say on employment whatsoever,” Hickam explained on hisblog.
As for why Hickam responded to Naomi’s tweets in the first place, he explained it was only to protect her future.
“So I tweeted to her one word: ‘Language’ and intended to leave it at that.”
Since the incident, Hickam said he and Naomi H spoke privately about her future with NASA.
“She reached out to me with an unnecessary apology which I heartily accepted and returned with my own,” Hickam wrote. “After talking to her, I am certain she deserves a position in the aerospace industry and I’m doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than she lost.”
Hickam concluded, “I have also talked to the folks that had to do with her internship and made absolutely certain there will be no black mark on her record.”
Naomi H’s changed her Twitter profile to private.
source: people.com
