Mike Griffin’s wife may want him to keep his job as head of NASA when America’s new supreme ruler takes his post, but many people think that’s not going to happen.

Inevitably someone has set up a website where you can nominate and vote for the man or woman you think should be the next administrator of the space agency. Equally inevitably, the denizens of the internet are not taking it very seriously.

Bad Astronomy blogger Phil Plait’s lobbying campaign has clearly been effective, as he leads his nearest rival, the Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton with 2,240 votes to 558. This is despite suggesting that he might “embezzle several billion dollars and disappear” if he is put in charge.

Mrs Griffin is unlikely to be happy, as her husband is currently behind Rick Astley, with just 160 votes.