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In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I do my best to block any news regarding the new administration, so this comes at quite a surprise that it was even considered. Always thought NASA was one of the great prides of the country, but it seems like those days are long gone.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

NASA peaked during the Apollo project, after which budget plummeted and never reach the 1% mark on the national budget again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

In the mass firing they lake of the people who maintain nuclear weapons and the people working on bird flu. Once they realized they need those people they started trying to rehire them.