Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push

[highplainsdem]

Source: Politico

At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave under a push to shed staff, according to documents obtained by POLITICO — potentially spelling trouble for White House space policy and depriving the agency of decades of experience.

The 2,145 employees are those in GS-13 to GS-15 positions — senior-level government ranks that are typically reserved for those with specialized skills or management responsibilities. The losses are particularly concentrated at higher levels, with 875 GS-15 employees set to leave, according to the documents.

Those 2,145 employees, in turn, make up the bulk of the 2,694 civil staff who have agreed to leave NASA under a slate of offers that fall within broader administration efforts to trim the federal workforce, according to the documents. NASA has offered staff early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations.

Many of those leaving also serve in NASA’s core mission sets, according to the documents. Those leaving include 1,818 staff serving in mission areas like science or human space flight, with the rest performing mission support roles like IT, facilities management or finance.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674

[Lovie777]

1. Hopefully they don't depend on Medicaid.................

[Harker]

2. I hope they collectively moon Trumpsky.

[bronxiteforever]

3. Real Headline "GOP surrenders space exploration to China". N/t

[SheltieLover]

7. THIS!!!!!

[SheltieLover]

8. THIS!!!!!

[ananda]

4. So, I wonder what will happen to our satellites?

I cannot picture anything but bad scenarios wrt
satellites.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. USA fast becoming a shithole country.

[stillcool]

6. really fast

[maxsolomon]

9. DOGE is destroying all the things that made our Gubmint great.

NASA, USAID, Parks...

How can they be so deluded?

[skydive forever]

10. I worked directly on the shuttle program for 25 years

And this is going to really set us back. That kind of institutional knowledge is going to be really really missed. Believe me, you heard it here first.

[twodogsbarking]

11. More chaos from The Chaotic States of America.

Expect even more in the future. It will likely be worse than you expect, so be ready.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. It's what happens when you put an idiot in charge