NASA offered some reassurance to Vice President Mike Pence who has been teased online ever since a photo of him placing a hand on a piece of space hardware that had a sign that said “DO NOT TOUCH” in big red letters.
“It was OK to touch the surface. Those are just day-to-day reminder signs. We were going to clean it anyway,” NASA said in a tweet Friday afternoon. “It was an honor to host you!”
And here is our statement on touching flight hardware. For more information about the @NASA_Orion spacecraft, visit: https://t.co/V2alO9n0Zk pic.twitter.com/maXQ8lri0O
— NASA (@NASA) July 7, 2017
The picture was taken during Pence’s visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday. It didn’t take long for the image to get the meme treatment.
— Samantha Reyes (@samtayrey) July 7, 2017
i couldn’t help myself. pic.twitter.com/AxdVtF9HIP
— Citrine (@Melangetic) July 7, 2017
Pence himself had a little fun with the online teasing, tweeting that it was Sen. Marco Rubio, who was also in attendance, who put him up to the mischievous deed.
Sorry @NASA…@MarcoRubio dared me to do it! pic.twitter.com/qIYtKOPyFh
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) July 7, 2017
He also shared a picture of himself reaching out to touch a prickly porcupine.
Okay…so this isn’t exactly the first time this has happened. pic.twitter.com/6Y7b3UlJXe
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) July 7, 2017
