Depart is such a passive way to say they're fired
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they're using that language to mix the resignees with the firees.
Hurray! Everyone's getting laid!!
Oh, there's one more word on this memo, but it's kinda smudged and hard to read
This is what we need! Less science, more militarized law enforcement!
Trump: We don't have many illegal migrants in space, so...
It OK, you can call them aliens.
In space the aliens are legal
I say we carry on as usual and deport them anyway
Good luck.fomding a place to deport them to that's not in space
We'll have to tow them outside the environment.
Had a job interview at their Ames facility back in December. It was an interesting opportunity, and it required a LOT of sacrifices in terms of commute and workload, but I could've made it work. Then they tried to pull the "Could we interest you in a contractor position?" switcheroo at the end of the hiring process and I noped the fuck out. The next week, Trump announced he was cutting all contractor jobs and freezing new hires for the agency.
Lmfaoooo
Guess the burnout is real. I couldn't believe how much of a dump the place was honestly. Shit is being held together with duct tape, zip ties, and free veteran labor.
I couldn't believe how much of a dump the place was honestly. Shit is being held together with duct tape, zip ties, and free veteran labor.
And the DOGE boys will see that and use it as evidence they deserve even less, ratger than seeing that's what things have been reduced to due to budget cuts.
Are you questioning the wisdom of Big Balls?
NASA is such a gift to the world.
Let's hope it can survive this administration.
MAGA is fine with this. What are we wasting this money for?!
DeGrasse Tyson gave a talk years ago about how if America won't invest in science, we don't get to name achievements that go down in history. We're gladly handing over to China.
One of the only good things I said that Trump did in his first term was invest in space. Gave NASA more budget, created Space Force, as ridiculous as it is at this stage in our history... looks like he just took away the one good thing I credited him for.
The Space Force is perfectly logical. Combine all our miltary's space activity, intelligence, satellites, all of it, into one dedicated branch. No clue how that's working out IRL.
Isn't military space activity illegal under international law?
Sounds like it should be if it isn't. Space Force seems like a misguided attempt to start the Terran Marines from warhammer/starcraft and other military scifis.
There will be more people resigning and taking the same jobs elsewhere in the world where this mission still means something, and they'll be welcome with open arms.
probably EU if thier stem degrees is useful enough. no way in hell its going to be in a university in us, when funding in general is under attack all the time.
...................this is a 2 paragraph article.
And those leaving will heavily represent the ones who can most easily get a comparable or better job elsewhere, the most uniquely talented. Way to hinder the space program.
Yeah...they didnt really give them much choice. Either retire, take the forced resignation, or stay and hope they dont RIF you. Its not rocket science whats going on here. They're trying to force everyone into the private sector.
Choosing your billionaire poison is going to be all our only choices in the near future for most jobs.
It's so disgusting.
Image of Doge deciding who stays at NASA:
DLR is hiring
Should have instead cut funding to the SLS…
Are you tired of winning yet?
Trump, you can't have your space gate faster that way.