Nagel and Bridenstine
Rick Nagel, managing partner of Acorn Growth Companies, with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, now a senior adviser for the company. Credit: Acorn

WASHINGTON — Less than a week after leaving the agency, former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is joining a private equity firm that invests in the aerospace and defense industries.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...