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Hundreds of NASA workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter | Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency


Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency

Almost 300 current and former US Nasa employees, including at least four astronauts, have issued a scathing dissent opposing the Trump administration’s sweeping and indiscriminate cuts to the agency, which they say threaten safety, innovation and national security. The formal letter, titled The Voyager Declaration, is addressed to the acting Nasa administrator, Sean Duffy, a staunch Trump loyalist appointed on 7 July who is also his transportation secretary. The Voyager Declaration, named after the twin Nasa spacecraft that are exploring interstellar space, is only the latest formal dissent against Trump’s unprecedented assault on science and federal agencies.

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