NASA Force • Hacker News Board

fhdkweig wrote: post #20

whatshisface wrote: post #5

"We fired all of our employees. Now we're hiring temporary consultants."

They used to be called scabs.

Can you point me to the ongoing strike by NASA employees?

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Post by cshimmin » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC

maciejzj wrote: post #8

Is this gig-workification of the space industry?

It kinda sounds like a post-doc, in that it provides an on-ramp to working in the industry/institution. But without having to waste your time getting a PhD.

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Post by Bender » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC

daviding wrote: post #17

My 5090 couldn't handle that starfield at the beginning. I got a 1202 alarm just scrolling down..

Odd. My laptop seemed to do fine with a 'NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile [Discrete]' using CachyOS. It could have been a little smoother but it rendered fine. There were a couple spots where it was a little herky-jerky-laggy that maybe needs optimization.

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Post by porridgeraisin » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

scrumper wrote: post #11

Two things: - I like the rolling Moon animation very much. - This seems like a clever way of getting talent involved during a budget squeeze, presumably with the hope that some of those they attract will still be around after this congress and the agency can stabilize once again. I guess it's also a neat kind of try-before-you-buy for both sides. NASA is prestigious and one of the very few places one could do purely…

Isn't most of the actual aerospace R&D work contracted out?

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Post by sybercecurity » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC

xpe wrote: post #7

These job postings opened today on April 17 and close in four days (on April 21). This is highly compressed and highly unusual. Being no fan of the current administration and its hangers-on, my brain quickly jumps to less flattering reasons for these short time windows. A four day application window favors people they want to select. They may well have told certain people in advance to be ready. I don't have direct "…

That has been the assumption in most of these cases. The agency must already have a list of people they want, so a short window keeps the risk of someone else jumping to the front of the queue.

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Post by xpe » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC

> More opportunities will be posted here in the coming months. Click here to sign up for updates to stay informed when new roles open.

Which links to: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/sKWkWfp

Would anyone like to do some citizen journalism and see if the Constant Contact data handling is done above-board. I've done some Claude research -- enough to make me suspicious -- but I Am Not A Lawyer.

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Post by Avicebron » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC

Did anyone scroll down far enough to see the "automate air traffic controllers"? I guess technically it's aeronautics but I didn't know that was part of NASA

Re: NASA Force

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Post by hellojesus » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

Why is this called Nasa Force when the linked job is for an Areospace Engineer? The usa.jobs site only shows 15 open reqs for Nasa, and they are almost all engineering roles, save a few accounting/finance ones.

Does that mean there are legitimately no other jobs open for tech-related folks? What is the point of the fancy landing page (that provides zero actual info) if that's the case? No Data Science or developer openings for tech folk that don't have Abet certified engineering degrees?

I'd love to work for Nasa, but I live in Portland, OR. Does this geo basically disqualify me from ever joining Nasa?

And the pay range for the aerospace engineer is okayish, but it's not really out-competiting more senior tech folks in any capacity.