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NASA Workforce to Shrink by Over 20% Under Deferred Resignation Program
- NASA announced a reduction of nearly 4,000 employees under a Deferred Resignation Program, trimming its workforce to approximately 14,000 personnel.
- The cuts come amid a proposed 24% budget reduction from $24 billion to $18 billion, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency.
- Concerns have been raised that the cuts risk undermining safety and mission efficiency, as noted in the Voyager Declaration from employees and contractors.
- Widespread protests occurred following these layoffs, with demonstrators fearing that critical expertise is being lost and future missions may be compromised.
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The Nasa cuts out one in five positions. This is devastating for science, says space travel expert Thomas Zurbuchen.
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Colorado Hometown WeeklySchwartz: A 25% cut to NASA would set back institutions like the University of Colorado
Will the next “giant leap for mankind” be made by the United States — or by our rivals? The answer may come as Congress debates the federal budget. The White House has proposed a massive 25% cut to the NASA budget, a move congressional appropriators have rejected in their recent funding proposals, but which still has the potential to dampen the U.S. economy and workforce, undermine national security, health and safety, and curtail American ambit…
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program – Knowhere News
NASA announced on Saturday that nearly 4,000 workers had chosen to quit the space agency under the Trump administration’s deferred resignation policy. In a statement sent to NPR, NASA spokesperson Cheryl Warner stated that the organization will have 14,000 personnel instead of 18,000, which represents an estimated 20% of its staff. According to her, the overall figure includes the 500 additional employees the agency lost as a result of regular a…
In the first wave of the government-supported layoff program, 870 people resigned, and now nearly 4,000 have submitted their resignations.
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