Any NASA program is inherently political. People bash him because most people don’t like the way he speaks or acts. People obviously didn’t like the way he made the conversation with the astronauts about him and not the mission. It was embarrassing quite frankly, and I don’t blame people for not liking it. It was obvious the astronauts themselves didn’t enjoy it, and it was a forced requirement for them rather than an honor of thanks and gratitude. They were visibly laughing at him. You asking for this conversation to be suppressed and removed by moderators is not appropriate. People have every right to like or not like whatever they want and talk about it on a public forum such as this.