Former NASA Chief of Staff Courtney Stadd pleaded guilty Aug. 18 before a federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., to conspiring to steer the bulk of a $600,000 remote-sensing study contract through Mississippi State University to his consulting firm.rnHe faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced Nov. 18, according to Sheila Wilbanks, a U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman.
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