About 20% of the employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are set to depart the space agency, a NASA spokesperson said on Friday.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    There will be more people resigning and taking the same jobs elsewhere in the world where this mission still means something, and they’ll be welcome with open arms.

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    18 days ago

    MAGA is fine with this. What are we wasting this money for?!

    DeGrasse Tyson gave a talk years ago about how if America won’t invest in science, we don’t get to name achievements that go down in history. We’re gladly handing over to China.

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    18 days ago

    Yeah…they didnt really give them much choice. Either retire, take the forced resignation, or stay and hope they dont RIF you. Its not rocket science whats going on here. They’re trying to force everyone into the private sector.

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    17 days ago

    And those leaving will heavily represent the ones who can most easily get a comparable or better job elsewhere, the most uniquely talented. Way to hinder the space program.