Recent actions by the Trump administration have led to significant layoffs at NASA, affecting up to 1,000 employees in the probationary period. This has been described as the largest cut since the Apollo program, raising concerns about the future of the space agency. Despite NASA's critical contributions, including a significant return on investment, the agency is not immune to the wider budget cuts initiated by the current government. Although immediate threats to employment were temporarily lifted, the incident has caused uncertainty and dismay among NASA staff and stakeholders.
The Planetary Society called it "the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program" and declared itself opposed to what it called "the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal."
NASA, after all, provides a three-to-one return on the dollars invested in it and the agency's budget is typically less than half a percent of the US federal budget.
Professor Garry Hunt, a former Voyager scientist, described this as "the Trump action against NASA which we all dreaded."
NASA is complying with the guidance and direction provided.
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