Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke 'arbitrary' Trump cuts in scathing letter
Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency
Nina Lakhani
Mon 21 Jul 2025 16.05 EDT
Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter
Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency
Nina Lakhani
Mon 21 Jul 2025 16.05 EDT
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Almost 300 current and former US Nasa employees, including at least four astronauts, have issued a scathing dissent opposing the Trump administration’s sweeping and indiscriminate cuts to the agency, which they say threaten safety, innovation and national security.
The formal letter, titled The Voyager Declaration, is addressed to the acting Nasa administrator, Sean Duffy, a staunch Trump loyalist appointed on 7 July who is also his transportation secretary. The declaration, which is dedicated to 17 astronauts who have died in past spaceflight incidents, warns of catastrophic consequences if the proposed cuts to science grants, staffing and international missions are implemented.
“Major programmatic shifts at Nasa must be implemented strategically so that risks are managed carefully,” the letter said. “Instead, the last six months have seen rapid and wasteful changes which have undermined our mission and caused catastrophic impacts on Nasa’s workforce.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/21/nasa-letter-trump-cuts
This Duffy character and his side kick with orange hair maggot have no clue that when they do scientific research in space they do things like drug experiments.............. chip development.......................JFC..............
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