{"id":25455,"date":"2025-07-10T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=25455"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:34:02","slug":"a-former-reality-tv-star-has-just-been-appointed-as-chief-of-nasa-and-were-all-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/10\/a-former-reality-tv-star-has-just-been-appointed-as-chief-of-nasa-and-were-all-doomed\/","title":{"rendered":"A former reality TV star has just been appointed as Chief of NASA and we&#8217;re all doomed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buckle in folks, because we&#8217;re in the timeline where a former MTV reality TV star has just been appointed as the new interim Chief of NASA, and I think we&#8217;re all doomed.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump announced Sean Patrick&#8217;s Duffy new position as Chief of NASA on 9th July, with Sean vocalising his excitement for the role, writing: &#8220;Time to take over space. Let&#8217;s launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for his experience to have such a role, well, he first got his start in the public eye in not one but two MTV reality TV shows, where he also met his wife.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in MTV&#8217;s The Real World: Boston in 1997 and shortly after starred in Road Rules: All Stars.<\/p>\n<p>MTV&#8217;s The Real World was sort of like Big Brother in that it focused on a group of diverse strangers who would live together for several months as cameras followed them around, documenting their changing relationship with each other.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25482\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25482\" src=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-83.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-83-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-83-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-83-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via MTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Road Rules: All Stars brought together some of the alumni from The Real World in a gameshow format, with Sean Duffy actually winning his season and taking home a hefty $50k in the process.<\/p>\n<p>After his reality TV career he served as Special Prosecutor and District Attorney in Wisconsin for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to serve as congressman in the US House of Representatives between 2011 and 2019 before he was announced as Secretary of Transportation in January 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\ude80 Honored to accept this mission. Time to take over space. Let\u2019s launch. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udef0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBoEgPnwz4\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBoEgPnwz4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/1943107856254877927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThen, on July 9th 2025, Donald Trump appointed him to replace the previous NASA Chief, Janet Petro, with Sean taking an interim role that might be made permanent.<\/p>\n<p>So, yeah, as you might have been able to spot, he hadn&#8217;t exactly had the most experience when it comes to scientific and space matter, but hey he&#8217;s only the Chief of NASA now, so how important are those skills really&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well, at least we know if there&#8217;s another MTV reality TV competition, then Sean is the right guy for the job.<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For 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