The Texas congressman asked whether there was anything the U.S. Forest Service could do 'to change the course of the moon's orbit or the Earth's orbit around the sun'
, R-Texas, suggested at a congressional hearing that climate change could be combatted by altering the orbit of the moon and asked a U.S. Forest Service official whether there was any way the agency could do it.on four bills as he was questioning Jennifer Eberlien, an associate deputy chief of the Forest Service.
"I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they've found that the moon's orbit is changing slightly and so is the Earth's orbit around the sun. We know there's been significant solar flare activity," he said. "And so, is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to change the course of the moon's orbit or the Earth's orbit around the sun? Obviously, that would have profound effects on our climate.
"Global temperature changes, when they exist, correlate with sun output and ocean cycles," he said in remarks onHe said that position had evolved by 2017, when then-President Donald Trump nominated him to be NASA's administrator.
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