NASA Forced to Shut Down Largest Library, Throw Invaluable Materials in Trash

"As uncertainty and confusion prevail, though, the Trump administration has taken it upon itself to gut entire buildings at NASA's iconic Goddard Space Flight Center (GFSC), which played a key role in the development of its groundbreaking James Webb and Hubble space telescopes, alongside countless other key missions. This week, news emerged that the Trump administration is even shutting down the center's library - NASA's largest - and threatening to destroy a still undetermined number of books, documents, and journals in the process."

"As the New York Times reports, many of these invaluable artifacts haven'tbeen digitized or made available elsewhere. While a NASA spokesperson told the newspaper that the agency will review what to keep and what to throw away over the next 60 days, it's a sobering glimpse at a federal agency in crisis. In a move that was described as a "consolidation, not a closure" by NASA press secretary Bethany S"

The Trump administration proposes cutting NASA's science budget roughly in half, a change described as an "extinction-level" inflection point for US space exploration and science. Congress prefers maintaining current funding to preserve dozens of ongoing and planned missions. A short-term resolution extended federal funding until January 31 while NASA leadership remains publicly aligned with private industry-led exploration. The administration has begun consolidating facilities at Goddard Space Flight Center, including plans to shut down the center's library and potentially destroy undetermined numbers of undigitized books, documents, and journals. NASA will review what to retain over the next 60 days.

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