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- Doug Loverro, who led NASA's human spaceflight division, has resigned after just six months on the job.
- Loverro quit just a week before SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers — two NASA astronauts — on a mission called Demo-2.
- In an email to NASA employees, Loverro referenced an unspecified "mistake" in risk-taking that led to his resignation.
- Ars Technica reported the mistake is "not related" to SpaceX's first crewed mission, but rather NASA's controversial lunar exploration program, called Artemis.
- An industry veteran told Business Insider that NASA's interim replacement "has the experience and judgement to shepherd human spaceflight through the coming weeks."
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In a shock to the rocket-and-spaceship industry, NASA's human spaceflight chief abruptly resigned on Monday.
The departure of Doug Loverro, a former member of the Department of Defense's Senior Executive Service, who took command of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate on December 2, comes at a critical time for the US space agency.
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