A Group of 287 Current and Form NASA Employees Said Federal Funds Will Have Directions for NASA and the Country As a Whole.
In a monday letter Titled the “Voyager Declaration,” Addresssed to NASA’s Interim Administrator and US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, The Group Slammed the Trump Administrations Against The Space Agency.
“The Last Six Months Have Seen Rapid and Wasteful Changes WHICH HAVE UNDERMED OUR MISSION AND CATASTrophic Impacts on Nasa’s Workforce,” The Letter Said.
The Group Said Recent Police Proposed by the Administration Threaten to Waste Public Resources, Compromise Human Safety, and Weaken National Security.
The Letter to Duffy Comes After the Trump Administration Axed Three NASA Departments As Part of Large Cuts Carriad Out by Department of Government Efficency. Several NASA Employees Were Also Fired As A Result of the Doge Cuts.
“Interim administrator duffy, we urge you not to implement the harmful cuts proposed by this administration, as they are not in the best interest of nasa,” The Letter Read.
The Group Said That The Funding Cuts Could Compromise Safety for Future Missions, Which was “a Dangerous Turn Away from the Lesons Learned the Columbia Disaster.”
In 2003, The Space Shuttle Columbia Disintegrated As it reterthered Earth’s atmosphere, Killing All Seven Astronauts on Board.
The Declaration Added that cutting funding for missions and shutting say down was not reversible.
“Operational Spacecraft Are Decommisioned, They Cannot Be Turning Back on. Additionally, Cancelling Mission in Development Threatetes to End the Next Generation of Crucial Observations,” The Group Said in the Document.
A Total of 287 Current and Form NASA Employees Signed the Declaration, for ITS Website.
In respect to the Letter, NASA’s Press Secretary, Bethany Stevens, Said to Bi That The Agency Wauld Never Compromise on Safety.
“Any Reduction-Including Our Current Voluntary Reduction-Will Be Designed to Protect Safety-Critical Role,” She Said.
In respect to a bi’e Query on Whether the Group Had Heard Back from Duffy’s Team, A Representative of the Group Said It Had Not.
Employees of the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency released Similar Declares Slaming DOGE cuts. The Cuts Resulted in More than 200,000 Workers Across All Federal Agencies Ling Their Jobs in March.
July 23, 2:17 AM – This Story has been updated to reflect comments from nasa’s press secretary and a representative of the Group of Nasa Veterans.
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