Claim: NASA just hired 24 theologians to assess how the world would react if we discovered alien life.
Fact-check: NASA hasn't 'just' hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens - Full Fact
Verdict: nasa did fund a programme undertaken by 24 theologians to study how major religions would react to the discovery of alien life, but did not directly hire the academics. the nasa funding for the programme ended in 2017.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-01-18T00:00:00