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It is expected that about 20% of employees of the National Aeronautics and the US Space Service, known as NASA, will leave the space agency, according to the announcement of NASA.
According to US media reports, about 14,000 people will remain in NASA after about 3870 people remain, although the reports report that this can change in the coming days and weeks.
NASA employees who decided to leave the accepted options for the “DRP) of the Trump government, According to the head of the Sumil Guarner space service.
According to Warner, about 870 employees submitted a pension application in the first round and 3 more.000 did it in the second Until the deadline of Friday.
This number included 500 employees who were dismissed as a result of a policy of voluntary retirement of early retirement and voluntary stimulation programs.
“Security remains the main priority for our services, since we balanced the need to become a more rational and more effective organization and work to ensure that we remain to fully continue the golden age of reconnaissance and innovation, including on the Moon and Mars.” refers to the application.
It is expected that on the basis of numbers NASA will be reduced to 14,000 by January next year.
On Monday, about 362 scientists and former and current NASA employees made a statement on the reduction of the budget, the abolition of grants and what they called the “Organization of the Culture of Silence” I could have threatened the safety of astronauts.
A letter called “Voyager Declaration” was the last in a series of statements criticizing reductions and changes proposed to other public services.
In his proposal for the federal budget for 2026, Trump reduced the NASA scientific budget almost half and reduced the total funding by 24%.