Over 2,000 senior employees from the Nasawho cover High level positions for theirs Specialist skills or for theirs management responsibilitiesI am Ready to leave the place to the agency due to government pressure That aim to reduce the federal workforce: the American magazine affairs states, also underlining that so large losses would deprive Nasa of decades of experience, putting the US programs at risk to bring astronauts to the moon and then to Mars.
“They are losing themselves the managerial and technical skills Fundamental to the agency “, says Casey Dreier, head of space policies at the Planetary Society, an American non -profit organization that deals with space.” What is the strategy – adds Dreier – and what do we hope to get this way? “.
Second politician, the Goddard Space Flight Center In Maryland it is the NASA structure destined to lose the highest number of employees, with 607 Ready to leavefollowed by Johnson Space Center in Texas (366) and from Kennedy Space Center in Florida (311). These cuts are in line with the objectives of the Trump administration: at Goddard, for example, they are only part of the 1,414 jobs that the White House aims to eliminate.
In the meantime, the Senate bill US that would cancel the cuts proposed to the NASA budget for the tax year 2026 is blocked Following a dispute between senators on a provision not linked to the issue: as reported by the SpaceNews.com website, the Republicans who had initially voted in favor changed voting during the session, and a suspension of the work was therefore requested in an attempt to resolve the dispute, which could last at least until next week.
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