But If You're Going to Pose as a Rocket Scientist, You Do Need a Degree: George Deutsch, the NASA public affairs officer who tried to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist and who instructed the agency's scientists to add the word "theory" every time they mentioned the big bang, has resigned. Apparently, the BA in journalism he claimed on his resume stood for "brief appearance," since the officials at Texas A&M say he never graduated.