Yes, he's a repugican ... imagine that
This photo, taken by astronautics grad student and photographer Ved
Chirayath, was meant to be a bit of free promotion for NASA and space
exploration. It's part of an art exhibition called
Physics in Vogue,
which combines real science with the style of fashion photography. With
the help of a Viking re-enactment troupe and some of his colleagues
from the Ames Research Center, he put together a shot that was meant to
connect current NASA projects to the exploration-oriented Viking
culture. What if two of Earth's greatest explorers met face-to-face?
The photo was done on Chirayath's own time, using funds from two arts
grants that had nothing to do with NASA. But it has become
the center of an extensive investigation initiated by Senator Chuck Grassley,
aimed at discovering whether dastardly NASA scientists were using
taxpayer money to make whimsical photos. They weren't. Ironically,
though, the investigation did use taxpayer money. More, Chirayath
estimates, than it would have cost him to get such a photo done by a
professional.
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