Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
Summary
Nearly 4,000 NASA workers are leaving the agency through a program that allows them to resign later. This change is part of a plan by the Trump administration to reduce the number of federal employees and cut NASA's funding.Key Facts
- Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have decided to leave through a deferred resignation program.
- This amounts to approximately 20% of NASA's workforce, reducing it from 18,000 to 14,000 employees.
- The program is part of the Trump administration's efforts to decrease the federal workforce.
- The total employee reduction includes 500 workers lost through normal processes.
- The administration proposed cutting NASA's budget from nearly $25 billion to about $19 billion.
- Despite proposed cuts, a recent law gives NASA an extra $10 billion for future missions, including Mars and moon projects.
- More than 300 NASA staff, both current and former, signed a letter opposing the cuts and asking for the proposed changes to be reconsidered.
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