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Historic NY

(39,617 posts) Thu Jan 1, 2026, 11:35 PM 19 hrs ago

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NASA's Largest Library To Permanently Close On Jan 2, Books Will Be 'Tossed Away [View all]

NASA's largest library at the Goddard Space Flight Center will close permanently on Jan 2 under the Trump administration's reorganization plans

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nasas-largest-library-to-permanently-close-on-jan-2-books-will-be-tossed-away-10170584]

Perhaps the Library of congress is next.

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NASA's Largest Library To Permanently Close On Jan 2, Books Will Be 'Tossed Away [View all] Historic NY 19 hrs ago OP

Or perhaps dweller 18 hrs ago #1

No worries. Trump knows more than NASA's largest library dalton99a 18 hrs ago #2

Throwing away books borders on criminal, IMO. 3catwoman3 18 hrs ago #3

I agree. There isn't an organization that can retrieve these or can't they be given away? Deuxcents 17 hrs ago #4

Charlie don't surf and MAGA don't read. Gaugamela 17 hrs ago #5

Sadly, libraries are a victim of Ai Johonny 17 hrs ago #6

Patently not true obamanut2012 17 hrs ago #7

No, true Johonny 8 hrs ago #12

Some of the crap coming out of AI is downright criminal Historic NY 9 hrs ago #10

Why would anything be "tossed"??? pat_k 17 hrs ago #8

Getting rid of books you dislike is one thing. Lionel Mandrake 17 hrs ago #9

Putin wins again! Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #11

No friends of the library book sale? Simeon Salus 7 hrs ago #13

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