This is actually a chair of astronomy that she has endowed, but the papers were in place before someone could clarify the name of the discipline for her. Bachmann was quoted in the St. Cloud paper about her reasons*:
"Sign-tiffic stuff is really important for U.S. Americans, and I'm here to promote it. "
The Bachmann Chair is at the on-line division of her alma mater, Oral Roberts University. One of the long-term projects is to limit observatories to bright city environments, `because prying too deeply into space angers the 90-foot Christ,' a spokesman was quoted as saying. Work is expected to begin when corn crop subsidy money comes through. In the meantime, the search is on for an astronomer to sit in that chair.
Bachmann shed more light on her wishes for the chair:
I got to thinking about that new sign they have, Ophiuchus. What is that all about? And I looked it up and found out it had something to do with Egyptian mythology. In fact, the other signs all have something to do with pagan mythology. And I'm all about Christian mythology. So I thought, "Why can't we just make our own Bible-friendly constellations?"
Bachmann clicked through a powerpoint proposing an interim project for her endowment, giving examples of some new constellations:
The Triangle
The String
The Box
The Dot
The Society for Freedom from Religion, when called, endorsed this proposal as being "appropriately ecumenical."
* No pun intended.