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4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

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Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

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But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.

Sure everyone wants NASA to be efficient but cutting it's funding to the lowest since 1961 isn't doing that. You don't "fix" NASA by shooting it in the head.

https://www.planetary.org/articles/nasa-2026-budget-proposal...

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

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That wasn't my argument? I think you should look at my last paragraph. It starts with "I'm pointing this out because". > We want the $10 tomorrow. Previously I didn't state my position. You * assumed* my position. So allow me to tell you what it is: I agree, $10 tomorrow is better > No rational person can disagree with this You really should read [1] Actually, you really should read my whole comment and be careful to…

I understood your point. I just couldn't fathom any reason it was in this specific discussion other than as a way to legitimize the cuts as one of several "choices" that could be made depending on the assumptions or predilections of the party choosing. In this case, there are no choices to be made (one of the "choices" is literally better in every way and only a fool wouldn't take it), so any suggestion that there ar…

I appreciate the apology, even with the snipes. I hope you now can fathom a reason, even if it's hard

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

#623

But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.

> SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA

What? These two do two separate things, do you mean ULA?

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

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What does this even mean? I literally cannot figure it out. Like, they’ll just put warm bodies anywhere, as if that’s a feature of naziism? That Nazis love rockets? Something else?

It's a reference to Wernher von Braun. I think it's a really pointless thing to say, since it adds nothing to the conversation and just sort of makes an unrelated, uninformative reference. But here we are nonetheless.

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

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And you don't think understanding how people delude themselves is good to 1) convince them 2) not fall prone to the same traps? I'm not excusing anyone. But you are picking fights with people on your own team. So maybe pay closer attention to what people say and not just signaling. Personally I want to fix things, not pick random needless fights. I want to stop chaos, not create more. Picking fights is just what Trum…

> And you don't think understanding how people delude themselves is good to 1) convince them 2) not fall prone to the same traps? I think that if you project wrong motivations on them, you wont understand how they "deluded" themselves nor prevent yourself to fall for the same trap. If their motivation is "scientists are liberals and I want to hurt them" or "I want actually Christian conservative religious state and t…

You're right that's there's a breath of opinions and values but you're wrong to be applying such a broad brush, especially when painting with hate.

If you hate Trump so much I highly suggest not supporting him

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

#627

They'll do this now and then act shocked when some of these ex nasa people end up working in Europe or China lol

Even without that factor, making deep cuts to research funding right before Cold War II: Electric Boogaloo seems like a bad move.

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

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But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.

NASA is a SpaceX funder/customer, not a competitor.

Re: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

#630

But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.

> But haven't people wanted

Which people?

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