Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, speaks during a NASA town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, right, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, center, are seen following a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, listen to a question during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)