(Trump's usual slogan is "Make America Great Again.") " even involves a variation his campaign's well-known slogan: Make Space Great Again," petition organizer Andrew Harner wrote in his description of why he feels the petition is necessary. Those images originally appeared in NASA's live broadcasts for the SpaceX launch last week.Ī petition, which has already gathered more than 5,000 signatures, calls on the Trump campaign to "stop politicizing SpaceX and NASA accomplishments." The SpaceX/NASA launch last week was part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, the petition correctly states that program began in 2010 under President Barack Obama and predates the current administration. Nyberg and her son also were shown in the video with their backs to the camera as they say farewell to Hurley. "Astronauts or employees who are currently employed by NASA cannot have their names, likenesses or other personality traits displayed in any advertisements or marketing material," the NASA regulation states.īehnken's wife Megan McArthur, also an active astronaut, and the couple's son were briefly visible in the video with their backs to the camera as they say goodbye. Those guidelines prohibit using the name or likeness of any active astronaut, like Behnken and Hurley, in advertising or marketing material. A disclaimer at the end states that the video was paid for by Trump's campaign and was approved by Trump.īut according to NASA's advertising guidelines ( which you can find here), the video appeared to violate agency regulations by featuring footage of active astronauts, a retired astronaut without their consent and NASA's iconic logo.
NASA's regulations on astronaut depictionsīefore the video was taken down, a Trump campaign spokesperson told Bloomberg News that the 2.5-minute video was created from publicly available sources.
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