And it's about time. I've been at NASA for a little over 10 years now and many of the projects ("lets look at the Earth from space") that they do should not be done. Satellites are old technology. It's about time that NASA get back into leading edge technology, which will be needed for this kind of thing.
Now NASA just has to get rid of the "diversity is our number one value" thing or it's doomed from the start. Put the best on the projects, and quit focusing on the people with the most minority points.