Marcia Smith at Space Policy Online:
The Trump Campaign took down an ad today that included footage from the launch of Crew Dragon on Saturday and touting what it claimed was the President’s role in the program. It included video of the two NASA astronauts, both civil servants, as well as their wives and young children waving goodbye. One of the spouses, a former NASA astronaut, strongly objected to use of the video of her and her son for “political propaganda.”
She goes on:
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken were aboard and they now are on the International Space Station. Both are married to astronauts. Behnken’s wife, Megan McArthur, is still in the astronaut corps and thus a civil servant like her husband. Hurley’s wife, former astronaut Karen Nyberg, retired from NASA in March.
The Hatch Act prohibits civil servants from taking part in partisan political activities while on duty.
I saw the video when it went up, and I’m glad it’s been taken down.