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Nature 432, 787 (16 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/432787a; Published online 15 December 2004

NASA administrator quits post to launch career as academic

Tony Reichhardt

The future of the US space programme faces fresh uncertainty this week after Sean O'Keefe quit as administrator of NASA to take up a lucrative academic post.O'Keefe resigned on 13 December to pursue a job as chancellor of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, which had aggressively recruited him and offered a reported $500,000 salary.