7/8/2023 0 Comments Woman who lost nasa internship![]() Her account is now private and her bio says she is “taking a break from Twitter for a while.”Ĭopyright 2018 Raycom News Network. Naomi H, too, appears to have learned a lesson. ![]() “And I’m doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than she lost.” “After talking to her, I am certain she deserves a position in the aerospace industry,” he wrote. He said that, through the NASA hashtag, a number of the comments came to the agency’s attention.īut Hickam said he is now trying to help the young woman, after “she reached out to me with an unnecessary apology which I heartily accepted and returned with my own.” “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,” he wrote. He said he later deleted his tweets and blocked the friends, but learned Naomi H had lost her internship offer. “Soon, her friends took umbrage and said a lot of unkind things.” “So I tweeted to her one word: ‘Language’ and intended to leave it at that,” he wrote. (Source: to accounts of that post, however, he explained that as a Vietnam War veteran he wasn’t especially bothered by the F-word, but concerned “that this young person might get in trouble if NASA saw it.” The tweets have since been deleted, and a subsequent blog post by Hickam has also been deleted. “And I am on the National Space Council that oversees NASA,” Hickam informed Naomi H. In this case, though, where Naomi H messed up is that Homer Hickam is not some random Twitter user, but a respected author of the book that inspired the film “October Sky” who serves on an advisory board that reports to the vice president. Hardly the worst thing ever written on Twitter. “Suck my d- and b- I’m working at NASA,” she responded. “EVERYONE SHUT THE F- UP … I GOT ACCEPTED FOR A NASA INTERNSHIP,” she wrote.Īnother user, Homer Hickam, gently chided her, writing: “Language.” It began on Monday, when a user who identified herself as Naomi H alerted the world she had been accepted for a NASA internship. I have also talked to the folks that had to do with her internship and made absolutely certain that there will be no black mark on her record.” Lesson Learnedįrom Naomi’s experience in losing her NASA intership over her tweet, you already know what to do.(RNN) – A would-be NASA intern lost her job before she even started, after a slightly raunchy celebratory tweet ran her into a former NASA engineer and member of the National Space Council advisory group – whom she promptly insulted. “After talking to her, I am certain she deserves a position in the aerospace industry and I’m doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than she lost. This is a normal practice, I don’t feel bad for someone who told off their boss publicly. The response from Twitter users was mixed. To which he proved by trying his best effort to help her, as stated in his writing. Word eventually came out that Naomi had lost her internship. Regardless of the awful situation, Hickam believed that Naomi is actually capable and have the skills in the aerospace field. ![]() However, she was informed that she had not been selected for the internship. ![]() She had been working hard for months and was very excited about the opportunity to work at NASA. Naomi eventually reached out and apologized to him. Written by: Erickson Published on: SeptemThe girl who lost her NASA internship was very sad. “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, Sophia Hahn, Shelita Hall, and Emily Anderson, NASA interns from across the agency, discuss being women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math), their journey to work at NASA, and the unique opportunities they have experienced during their internship. 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. ![]()
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