Are you sure this wasn't posted by The Onion? Mind you, governments seem to have a similar policy for dealing with climate change and environmental damage - wait and see if it sorts itself out.
Yeah, I'm thinking it's some sort of commentary on the overall government/general public apathy toward space exploration. No way it's completely for real. Check out the list of names on staff: Gotta be made-up. I particularly like "Concepcion McCracken". Also, the Brake Equation from the poster mentioned in the article: again.
Kurt Vonnegut Comfy Chair for the Study of Random Walk? What the hell is that? That is a position? So all of these people just....wait. Hell, I can do that. Where do I sign up?