NASA Public Affairs

NASA Public Affairs dispatches technical crews and script authorities like Scott Tate to White House rehearsal rooms, scripting jargon-laden intros for Galileo V Mars probe briefings. Tate fiercely enforces clearance protocols, clashing with Sam Seaborn over creative control as Bartlet champions mythic rewrites. They anchor NASA's voice in presidential optics, prioritizing procedural rigor, technical precision, and vetted messaging amid turf wars that expose tensions between agency bureaucracy and inspirational rhetoric.