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RightWhale wrote: "If NASA were actually doing the Search for Life thing they always talk about they would have more biologists on staff."

How do we know how many biologists are on staff?

[RightWhale]

We could probably dig that number out of Google. There are very few. Most NASA staff would be hardware or system management and scientists. Scientists would be astronomers and geologists, maybe a few biologists. NASA itself has about 30,000 on staff. They farm out programs to universities and aerospace companies, which is where biologists might be found.