Summary: Earlier this year, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine demoted one of the spaceflight community's most influential members. Bill Gerstenmaier had served as NASA's associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations since 2005. However, after ongoing delays with the Space Launch System rocket and the risk of not returning to the moon by 2024, Bridenstine decided a change was needed. Eric Berger is Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and has been closely following this incident. He told Federal News Network's Eric White what led up to Gerstenmaier's removal, and what it means. Hear more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
