

To which he proved by trying his best effort to help her, as stated in his writing. Regardless of the awful situation, Hickam believed that Naomi is actually capable and have the skills in the aerospace field. Naomi eventually reached out and apologized to him.

“For what it’s worth, I want to extend my deepest condolences for having this opportunity torn away from her by an old chud.” He was also sorry for that, as he stated,

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.Īs it turned out, it was due to the NASA hashtag her friends used that called the agency’s attention to it long after my comments were gone.”īased on his story, it can be concluded that it was NASA hashtag her friend included in her insulting tweet to Hickam that brought Naomi’s tweet to the eye of the space agency. Later, I learned she had lost her offer for an internship with NASA. Soon, her friends took umbrage and said a lot of unkind things but long after I was gone as I immediately deleted my comments and blocked all concerned. However, when I saw NASA and the word used together, it occurred to me that this young person might get in trouble if NASA saw it so I tweeted to her one word: “Language” and intended to leave it at that. “I’m a Vietnam vet and not at all offended by the F-word.
