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.

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    8 hours ago

    And don’t forget that NASA research has lead directly to, or helped to enhance things like:

    • firefighting equipment
    • insulin pumps
    • solar panels
    • improved car tires
    • freeze dried food
    • water purification systems
    • memory foam

    And so on…