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NASA workforce has been cut by 10 percent, and it may be just the beginning. Two sources told Ars that directors at the agency's field centers have been told to prepare options for a "significant" reduction in force in the coming months.
A dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world.
According to sources, about 750 employees at NASA accepted the "fork in the road" offer to take deferred resignation from the space agency later this year. Much of the space community has been puzzled as to why NASA has been spending on the order of half a billion dollars to develop a Lunar Gateway in an odd orbit around the Moon. But as part of this, NASA has been moving away from owning and operating its rockets, spacecraft, and other hardware and buying services from this commercial space industry.
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