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"NASA's flagship center for space science is under attack from within, and some
of the biggest losses appear to be happening behind the curtain of the
government shutdown.
Throughout the summer of 2025,
Space.com interviewed nearly a dozen current
and former NASA workers and reviewed several internal agency communications in
an investigation into allegations of unlawful activity by NASA leadership —
allegations supported in a recent report by the U.S. Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The conclusion: NASA has been
prematurely and illegally implementing the President's 2026 budget request
before Congress finalizes funding. Space agency officials vehemently dispute
this claim.
The workforce at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt,
Maryland, say this has put groundbreaking missions at risk, and is degrading
roadblocks designed to safeguard human lives. Now, under the cloak of a closed
U.S. government, nearly half the GSFC campus — the hub of NASA science — is
marked for abandonment.
Shifting policies on diversity, science and education that began at the start
of Trump's second term have hit Goddard especially hard. Priorities outlined in
the White House's fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget request in May, which has yet
to be approved by Congress, were embraced as if it were already law by GSFC
leadership, who have been preemptively reorganizing center staff and facilities
since its release."
Via Steven Vaughan-Nichols.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
