Fox Business Host Mistakes NASA's Aug. 30 Roman Telescope for TV's Nancy Grace
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Updated · Gizmodo · Aug 24
Fox Business Host Mistakes NASA's Aug. 30 Roman Telescope for TV's Nancy Grace
2 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Aug 24
Summary
Ashley Webster asked NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Fox Business why a new telescope was named after TV host Nancy Grace, confusing her with astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
Roman was NASA’s first female executive and first chief astronomer, and Isaacman steered the exchange toward her role as one of the agency’s key contributors.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch Aug. 30 after being completed in late 2025.
NASA expects the mission to identify about 200,000 possible planets and survey 1 billion galaxies, with an observation range at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s.
The telescope also survived a 2025 White House budget push that sought to halve NASA’s science program and cancel at least 41 missions before Congress blocked the cuts.