The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities.
According to documents obtained by Politico, most employees leaving are in senior-level government ranks, depriving the agency of decades of experience as part of a push to slash the size of the federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations.
The documents indicate that 1,818 of the staff currently serve in core mission areas, like science or human space flight, while the others work in mission support roles including information technology, or IT.
I grew up in Huntsville, AL. NASA is not just used for space.
Remember the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? NASA was brought in to help with that. I know people personally who worked on it.
This is just another step to making no one questions the administration.
There is no place for critical thinkers and problem solvers in new America.
Shit is tense here, dude…
In Huntsville? I’ve heard.