"'No one is coming to save us,' a whistleblower said in the report."
"'if it's not in the PBR, it does not count.'"
"'I see safety issues around us all the time,' one witness claimed in the report."
NASA employees claim leadership kept plans secret, maintained no written records, and shut down open communication, creating a culture of fear that prevents safety reporting. Whistleblowers warned that proposed Trump administration budget cuts and alleged OMB interference could force illegal, unapproved reductions that jeopardize missions and safety, potentially causing an astronaut fatality. The proposed 2026 rollback reduced funding from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion, cutting science by 33 percent, NASA projects by 47 percent, and planning 32 percent workforce layoffs. Staff report orders to follow only the unapproved PBR and fear loss of talent, safety erosion, and innovation collapse.
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