Vice President Mike Pence got the internet’s attention Thursday after he was photographed touching a piece of critical space flight hardware clearly marked with a “do not touch” sign during a tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Pence was with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and Kennedy Space Center director Bob Cabena when they spotted the hardware in the Orion spacecraft clean room. Pence is leading a newly revived National Space Council, according to The Associated Press.
The original photo was shot by Reuters photographer Mike Brown, according to Gizmodo. It inspired a flurry of memes from dumbfounded internet users.
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