It wasn't just that he mentioned a religious holiday. After all, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wasn't the only person to observe, following the successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope last month, that the long-awaited feat had occurred on Christmas Day. Rather, Nelson's comments raised eyebrows for their "spiritual tone."
"It's significant that we had the delays and it kept us all the way to today, Christmas Day," Nelson said in a video released by NASA shortly after the launch. He went on to quote a passage from Psalm 19: "The heavens declare the glory of God. The firmament shows his handiwork."
