Posted on 06/11/2010 2:47:35 AM PDT by anymouse
This memo was just received by NASA Houston space workers, from the center director, ex-astronaut Mike Coats, who is now in Russia.
It underscores the grim realities of near-term major layoffs, as described in my advisory earlier today.
"Replanning" is the new NASA jargon for "slash to the bone", it seems.
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From: Coats, Michael {Jsc-Center-Director}(JSC-AA111)
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:45 PM
To: JSC-DL-JSC-Civil-Servants; JSC-DL-JSC-Contractors
Subject: Constellation Program FY2010 Replanning Update
I am writing from Russia, awaiting the next ISS crew launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, which is currently scheduled next Tuesday. Yesterday, NASA management directed Constellation Program management to replan its FY2010 content. I wanted to provide you with an update as quickly as possible.
This morning, Ellen Ochoa met with our civil service supervisors from across the Center as well as members of the Joint Leadership Team to discuss replanning of Constellation operations for the remainder of this fiscal year.
Ellen was joined by Dale Thomas, Acting Constellation Program Manager, and Charlie Stegemoeller, Constellation Program Planning and Control Manager. They noted that the Constellation Program has been given the authority to proceed immediately to assign preliminary adjustments and funding reductions. This replan will have an impact on contracts, workforce, and planned content of the Constellation Program.
We don’t know the specific impacts at the Center levels or at JSC yet. The Program is working through the projects and implementing organizations to determine plans and numbers of team members that will be affected.
Debra Johnson, our JSC Procurement Officer, is convening discussions with Contracting Officers and their technical representatives across the Center to determine how to best support the necessary contract re-planning efforts.
Natalie Saiz, our JSC Human Resources Director, is meeting with the HR Principals from all of our local contractors tomorrow to discuss resources available to JSC Team members.
Following the meetings this morning, Ellen asked the supervisors to meet with their teams to explain these latest developments. In addition, I plan to communicate with you frequently over the next several weeks.
This is going to be a difficult time for the JSC Team. I encourage you to reach out and support one another during this process.
Mike
Space ping.
The Emperor will not stand for the US having a space program.
Hope n change kids. Your budget is being redistributed.
Houston...we have a problem.
They can all get Obozo Green Jobs...Picking Cotton?
REPLANNING
Yesterday I listened to a 2 hour presentation by a NASA geru. They don’t call them accidents, they call them....... because they don’t want people to think they are not preventable.
They don’t call them layoffs because that is what they are, REPLANNING.
You don’t call a MUSLIM lying TRAITOR a traitor because he was elected FRAUDULENTLY by liars in the press.
Americans are stupid whether they work for NASA or read the newspaper.
No problem - they can get census worker jobs - three or four times - and boost employment numbers.
BO’s/BS’s scheme of transferring wealth from the private sector to the federal government is going according to plan.
‘Americans are stupid whether they work for NASA or read the newspaper.”
So which one of America’s enemies do you support?
Yeah, I work for a contractor and I’ve been seeing this nice new little euphemism “replan” being tossed around by the powers-that-be to try and not make the cuts and cancellations sound so bad. Pretty weak stuff. Expect even more job losses in FY 2011.
That money has to go to carbon credits and aid to NK, Egypt Palestine....
Stupid American slaves don’t need no space porgram no mo’.
It has been a difficult time for NASA as a whole for a decade or more. As our debt approaches 100% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the predictable will happen.
Politicians, especially Democrats, have little use for R&D programs unless they show results in time for elections, and the results can be connected to actions by Democrats.
The Democrats tolerated NASA as long as there was adequate discretionary spending monies available. As this source of funding dries up owing to entitlement programs, the NASA budget follows.
Our political leaders believe that it is more important to put poor people into houses, to give free prescription drugs to everyone, and to provide free health care so we can be more like Cuba. But what kind of space program does Cuba have, and other Communist/Socialist countries?
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NASA Houston Chief: “This is Going to be a Difficult Time”
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I know a good engineer at NASA via my brother.
Sadly, I’m just about 95% sure this NASA engineer voted for “The Messiah”.
Now this engineer will probably realize that “voting your conscience”
is gonna’ be a BEOTCH.
Especially when voting for a Communist/Socialist that did a great job
of disguising himself as “a moderate Democrat”.
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Looks like the pink slips are going to be flying fast and furious at
NASA/JSC contractors. The government workers will be spared,
doing their usual “nothing” except soaking up tax dollars.
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Bailout for guvmint workers.
NO Bailot for the private sector.
I guess private sector workers in the Space bidness are less worthy
than those in the auto bidness (GM, Chrysler).
Guvmint picking winners and losers once again.
Hey NASA... obama and his demons hate you all.
LLS
Good. The federal government has no more business running a space transportation system than it has running a railroad.
Obama is out to destroy the prosperous state that is Texas...
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