Posted on 02/19/2025 11:35:03 AM PST by V_TWIN
This week, reports broke that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at NASA to downsize the agency.
According to ABC News, NASA has laid off 10 percent of its workforce as a result. ABC News cited unnamed sources at the agency about this.
"NASA is complying with the guidance and direction provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)," sources at NASA told ABC News in a statement. "It's premature to discuss the impact to our agency, at this time."
Newsweek added that these layoffs impact probationary employees and those accepting buyouts.
The agency’s current administrator, Janet Petro, confirmed to employees that DOGE had arrived this week.
“DOGE Presence: The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has arrived onsite at the agency. We anticipate that they will start reviewing our contracts to find efficiencies,” Petro stated in the Feb. 14, email that was obtained by Spectrum News.
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It’s a shame the space shuttle program ended before they figured out how to make the launch exhaust in rainbow colors.
We as well. What a fidiot!
NASA now stands for Not About Space Anymore.
Yeah ... in 1972 ... when America decided that allowing democRATs to buy votes from the indolent using taxpayer money was more important than space exploration.
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Was earlier with the cancellation of Project Orion in 1964. The year the dream of manned space exploration died, killed by political infighting.
You can have Project Orion.
Or you can have Earth orbiting satellites.
They can get rid of the “climate change” department.
Do you even know what Project Orion was?
Yes.
I also know what Starfish Prime was.
I also know what Project Pluto was.
For sure, they thought big back then. They didn’t fully understand the consequences, though.
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