NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

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We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.

NASA has abruptly closed its chief-scientist office, along with 2 other offices, firing 23 employees. The 10 March action leaves the agency without a way of feeding independent science advice to its topmost leadership, at a time when it is talking about sending astronauts to the Moon and developing plans to go onwards to Mars.

 
Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.

NASA has abruptly closed its chief-scientist office, along with 2 other offices, firing 23 employees. The 10 March action leaves the agency without a way of feeding independent science advice to its topmost leadership, at a time when it is talking about sending astronauts to the Moon and developing plans to go onwards to Mars.

 
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