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Everyone who’s gone into a store with a toddler knows how fast their hands dart out and touch things they aren’t supposed to.
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Senator Marco Rubio and NASA officials just learned the hard way that even adults have trouble obeying “no touching” rules.
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Vice President Mike Pence proved sometimes it’s just too hard to keep your hands to yourself when he defied a warning label on critical space flight hardware owned by NASA.
The equipment was clearly labeled “DO NOT TOUCH.”
He touched it:
Great pic from Reuters of Vice President Mike Pence visiting NASA, being shown critical hardware pic.twitter.com/nTo5NfyREf
— alex ogle (@alex_ogle) July 7, 2017
The incident happened on Thursday while Pence was touring the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Pence, who, as a congressman in 2005, tried to end NASA’s space exploration program forever, is now the chair of the National Space Council.
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Now, Pence claims he’s committed to getting Americans back on the moon.
Well, if he doesn’t accidentally break all of NASA’s equipment first.
— Sharon “I Was Right about 2022” Kaplan 📰 (@shakaplan) July 7, 2017
Pence also says Americans will be headed to Mars, especially with the support of the newly-revived National Space Council, but he has yet to provide any sort of timetable or budget for the space exploration program’s revival.
Mike Pence tells NASA: "We will put American boots on the face of Mars" https://t.co/IhCKkJ973u pic.twitter.com/cFsVPOJ3F0
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 6, 2017
Pence’s need to put his hand on the forbidden space gear did not go unnoticed on the Internet.
As soon as the photo posted, it became a meme:
C'mon dude, really? pic.twitter.com/SqZZ43exxl
— Mike Rundle (@flyosity) July 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/samtayrey/status/883218275978678272
https://twitter.com/Melangetic/status/883174104177758210
Pence:….Shiny
Rubio:The sign says "Do Not Touch" Mike!
Pence:….Shiny pic.twitter.com/vyBqZBiBZd— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) July 7, 2017
This looks like an appalled face. pic.twitter.com/njIygeTZyT
— Coy Woolard (@coylums) July 7, 2017
Mike Pence only violated the "Do Not Touch" sign to reassure Republicans that he's just as competent as Trump. #NASA pic.twitter.com/jM78hmFf3s
— Podcaster Tim in NYC (@TJBeauregard) July 7, 2017
"MI–MIKE…MICHAEL DAMNIT!! It says DO NOT TOUCH"
"…..I can't read. Ma' won't let me."
-Mike Pence pic.twitter.com/jewCPYFbSH— k a r l e e (@KarleeKanz) July 7, 2017
Well it was in quotes and he just assumed the sign was being sarcastic.
— Jake Mauer (@jakemauer) July 7, 2017
He wanted his own orb moment pic.twitter.com/SE14czbsUq
— Jim DePaolis (@wecanbanewforce) July 7, 2017
It happened because his wife was not in the room.
— All the Muses (@TeknaMnemosynes) July 7, 2017
— Tony Shaw 📚 (@Maynardgcrabbs) July 7, 2017
Make Pence Space Again, y’all.
