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NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science missions and activities.
Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.
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Space.com on MSNNASA losing nearly 4,000 employees to Trump administration's 'deferred resignation' programNASA has lost about 500 people via normal attrition as well since Trump took office in January. Counting those losses, NASA's workforce will shrink to about 14,000 by Jan. 9, 2026, when the employees who said yes during the DRP's second phase will come off the rolls, Warner said in the statement.
The White House's 2026 budget proposal threatens dozens of active and upcoming science missions designed to explore the cosmos.
A declaration of dissent from past and present NASA employees warns that science and safety are at risk and joins similar documents from staff at other federal science agencies