Exchange began when user Naomi H celebrated getting a NASA internship

She wrote: 'SHUT THE F*** UP. I GOT ACCEPTED FOR A NASA INTERNSHIP'

User Homer Hickam responded to tell her to watch her language

The former NASA engineer is on the newly created National Space Council

Naomi replied: 'Suck my d**k and b***s I'm working at NASA'

A woman lost her internship at NASA following a vulgar series of tweets in which she unwittingly told a senior space adviser to 'suck my d**k and b***s' just hours after she was accepted for the job.

A now-deleted thread began when Twitter user Naomi H celebrated her acceptance onto NASA's competitive internship programme with a profanity-laden post.

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'EVERYONE SHUT THE F*** UP. I GOT ACCEPTED FOR A NASA INTERNSHIP,' she wrote.

Her tweet got a response from Homer Hickam, a former NASA engineer and member of the National Space Council, who wrote: 'Language.'

Naomi, who claims to be 21 years old, then replied: 'Suck my d**k and b***s I'm working at NASA'.

But the boorish intern was left red-faced when Hickam responded: 'And I am on the National Space Council that oversees NASA.'

Her online friends then replied to Hickam with insulting tweets and included the hashtag 'NASA', which brought it to the attention of the space agency.

Hickam later said in a blog post he learned that the unnamed intern had been fired by Nasa, who saw her tweets, following their exchange, and sympathised with her.

The NASA legend has revealed he is doing all he can to help Naomi secure a future in the aerospace sector that is better than the opportunity she lost.

A woman lost her internship at NASA less than 24 hours after she was awarded the job following a vulgar series of tweets in which she accidentally told a senior member of staff to 'suck my d**k and b***s'

The 75-year-old said he did not personally complain to Nasa before the woman was stripped of her offer, and that he never intended to get her in trouble.

He blamed Naomi's 'friends' for her dismissal, claiming they spread the exchange on social media long after he deleted his tweets for fear of getting the intern in trouble.

It is not known where in America Naomi lives, but she identifies as a furry - a subculture who enjoy dressing up as cartoon-inspired animals.

'I learned she had lost her offer for an internship with NASA,' he wrote in a post on his website Tuesday.

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'This I had nothing to do with, nor could I since I do not hire and fire at the agency or have any say on employment whatsoever.

'As it turned out, it was due to the NASA hashtag her friends used that called the agency's attention to it long after my comments were gone.

'For what it's worth, I want to extend @NaomiH_official my deepest condolences for having this opportunity torn away from her by an old chud.'

During his 17-year career at NASA from 1981 to 1998, Hickam worked in spacecraft design and crew training. Pictured is the engineer working at the Marshall Space Flight Center Neutral Buoyancy Simulator in 1992

Prior to his Nasa career, Hickam served in the US Army during the Vietnam War between, serving six years of active duty

He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and a Bronze Star Medal

The NASA stalwart later received what he called an 'unnecessary apology' from the youngster.

He revealed that he had accepted her apology and then returned the favour, adding that he is now helping Naomi find another position in the aerospace field.

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He said: 'I'm doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than the one she lost,' he said.

HOMER HICKAM'S STATEMENT AFTER NASA INTERN WAS FIRED Following a Twitter exchange with a soon-to-be NASA intern, National Space Council adviser Homer Hickam has apologised for getting the 21-year-old fired. He said he had 'nothing to do with' Nasa's decision to rescind the internship offer it handed to the young woman, who is known only as Naomi on Twitter. In a blog post following their exchange, Hickam blamed Naomi's friends for the issue and said he deleted his tweets once he saw they were going viral. The 75-year-old insisted he never intended for Naomi to get in trouble with the space agency over her comments. In the post, Hickam said he takes no offence to the 'f-word,' but was attempting to warn her that NASA might. He said use of the NASA hashtag by Naomi's friends after they began to send him abuse later alerted the agency to her abusive tweets. 'As it turned out, it was due to the NASA hashtag her friends used that called the agency's attention to it long after my comments were gone,' he wrote in a blog post on his website. 'For what it's worth, I want to extend @NaomiH_official my deepest condolences for having this opportunity torn away from her by an old chud.' Hickam said Naomi sent him an 'unnecessary apology, which I heartily accepted and returned with my own.' He's looked at Naomi's resume, Hickam said, and believes she deserves a job in the space industry. 'I'm doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than the one she lost,' he said. Hickam has deleted both his blog post and Twitter account in the wake of the controversy. NASA has had no comment on the issue, but Hickam said the space agency told him there is no black mark on Naomi's record and she can reapply.

NASA has thus far not commented on the issue, although Hickam said the space agency told him there is no mark against her record and she is welcome to reapply.

Hickam is one of 23 people named to US Vice President Mike Pence's newly created National Space Council's Users Advisory Group - alongside five former astronauts.

The body will help US government agencies like NASA organise and coordinate their space efforts.

The 75-year-old's memoir about his space career, Rocket Boys, was a New York Times best seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Pictured is Hickam with actor Jack Gyllenhaal, who played the aerospace engineer in the flick

During his 17-year career at NASA from 1981 to 1998, Hickam worked in spacecraft design and crew training.

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The scientist trained astronauts for space-walks to build and repair key pieces of equipment on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hickam is now a best-selling author, and his 1998 memoir Rocket Boys is a New York Times best-seller

The 75-year-old's memoir about his space career, Rocket Boys, was a New York Times best seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky.

Following her posts Tuesday, Naomi has set her Twitter account to private and written in her bio: 'Taking a break from Twitter for a while.'

The micro-blogging site is split on whether the former intern should have lost her job over the tweets.

User Emperor Saphy wrote: 'Guess she learned a serious life lesson.'

But user Dan Miller disagreed, suggesting Hickam was to blame for Naomi's misfortune.

WHO IS HOMER HICKAM? Homer Hickam, 75, is a former NASA engineer and member of the US National Space Council. Homer Hickam (file photo) is a former Nasa engineer During his 17-year career at NASA from 1981 to 1998, Hickam worked in spacecraft design and crew training. The scientist trained astronauts for space-walks to build and repair key pieces of equipment on the Hubble Space Telescope. He also trained the first ever Japanese astronauts to operate Spacelab-J - a reusable laboratory used on Nasa's Space Shuttle. Prior to his Nasa career, Hickam served in the US Army during the Vietnam War between, serving six years of active duty. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and a Bronze Star Medal. The 75-year-old's memoir about his space career, Rocket Boys, was a New York Times best seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. He was appointed to US Vice President Mike Pence's newly created National Space Council's Users Advisory Group in 2018. The body will help US government agencies like NASA organise and coordinate their space efforts.

He wrote: 'Homer Hickam should be less uptight about somebody being excited that they got to work at NASA. Since when is it unacceptable to swear on Twitter?'

Andrew Lopez made the point that many employers use job applicants' social media profiles to gauge their suitability for roles.

He tweeted: 'Unfortunately about 80% of employers go through your social media and if they don't like what you post etc they can fire you.

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'A lot of people hate this but this is their regulations so either be careful what you say or move along.'