🧪🌎 #SaveNASA #NASAcuts #NASA Ars Technica has some updates on the latest on NASA budget. See arstechnica.com/space/2025/0... I highlight one part in relation to the Earth Science Budget. 1/2

🧪🌎 #SaveNASA #NASAcuts #NASA Ars Technica has some updates on the latest on NASA budget. See arstechnica.com/space/2025/0... I highlight one part in relation to the Earth Science Budget. 1/2

I do not have any updates as of today. I have no come across of anything that it is more than a rumor. It just creates false ideas and expectations. One thing that I would share is that I was some exposed of the bureaucracy that my CS colleagues have to do and it made feel pity for them.

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🧪#NASA #NASAcuts #SaveNASA Observations on Recent Staffing Changes It's been a while since I've posted, as I didn't have any new updates to share. However, I have a few observations. It has been more than a month since the large wave of voluntary civil servant retirements. 1/10

Some predictions on what to expect here in @nasawatch.bsky.social Some speculation but based on historical agency knowledge. Today there is a hearing in Congress relevant to NASA. nasawatch.com/trumpspace/n...

🧪#NASACuts #SaveNASA It’s been quiet these last seven days or so in Goddard, at least within my circle. Not much to report. In many ways, it’s a typical August lull—quiet hallways and a parking lot that empties quickly by 3–4 p.m., particularly when the weather is nice. 1/10

🧪 #NASACuts #SaveNASA More satellite cancellations, as reported by CNN: (www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/w...) I had heard this might happen, and now it looks official. While not impacting NASA directly, it is relevant because the NASA-NOAA partnership. 1/9

🧪🛰️ #NASACuts #SaveNASA Very thoughtfull commentary on the future of the Landsat program here newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/the-future-o... Worth reading if you want to learn how this NASA program is (and has been) so important to the satellite community. 1/2

🧪🛰️ #NASACuts #SaveNASA Very thoughtfull commentary on the future of the Landsat program here newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/the-future-o... Worth reading if you want to learn how this NASA program is (and has been) so important to the satellite community. 1/2

attn @roguenasa.altgov.info @nasawatch.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social 👇 thehill.com/policy/energ...

🧪 #NASACuts #SaveNASA I agree with the post and most of the comments in this post by @nasawatch.bsky.social , as they reflect what I see at Goddard. Management here and at Headquarters (HQ) assume that even if Congress passes a friendlier budget, the money won't reach NASA. 1/8

🧪 #NASACuts #SaveNASA #NASAEarthSciences Things that I have observed around me as we move towards the end of the fiscal year: - Removal of a significant number of scientists: the majority are senior team leaders, although some are younger and left because they found jobs elsewhere. 1/6

🧪 #NASACuts #SaveNASA #NASAEarthSciences Things that I have observed around me as we move towards the end of the fiscal year: - Removal of a significant number of scientists: the majority are senior team leaders, although some are younger and left because they found jobs elsewhere. 1/6

🧪 #NASAcuts The shortsightedness of these decisions is staggering. Yes, they are flooding the field, but they forget that after the flood, sediment remains—and it can take years for growth to return (if it does at all, since the sediment may be toxic, as it appears to be now).

🧪#NASACuts #SaveNASA Another week has passed as we approach September with a sense of doom. August is usually quiet—summer lull—but the hallways at Goddard’s Earth Science building were more active than in past years. People aren’t going on vacation, worried there’ll be no job after Oct. 1. 1/7

🧪#NASACuts #SaveNASA Another week has passed as we approach September with a sense of doom. August is usually quiet—summer lull—but the hallways at Goddard’s Earth Science building were more active than in past years. People aren’t going on vacation, worried there’ll be no job after Oct. 1. 1/7

🧪#NASAcuts This season at #NASA isn’t marked by weather, but by loss—civil servants leaving, knowledge being lost. As we approach the end of the fiscal year (with its expected drastic cuts), here’s what it feels like to be at work now—a personal take based on what I see around me: 1/6

🧪 #NASAcuts Amidst all ominous signs at #NASA, it is a relief we no longer get those dreadful "Embrace the Challenge" emails from leadership every Friday. The disingenuousness and sycophancy of those emails were the most damaging morale event of the last six months. Thank goodness they're gone.

A new form is being circulated at NOAA, asking seminar presenters to sign in order to participate. While similar forms exist, this one is written to sound like a Faustian contract—demanding you give away your soul and your atoms. @altnoaa.bsky.social @nasawatch.bsky.social

🧪#NASAcuts This season at #NASA isn’t marked by weather, but by loss—civil servants leaving, knowledge being lost. As we approach the end of the fiscal year (with its expected drastic cuts), here’s what it feels like to be at work now—a personal take based on what I see around me: 1/6

🧪 #NASAcuts The shortsightedness of these decisions is staggering. Yes, they are flooding the field, but they forget that after the flood, sediment remains—and it can take years for growth to return (if it does at all, since the sediment may be toxic, as it appears to be now).

🧪 #NASAcuts Funding #NASA? Yes. Representing NASA Fully? Not Quite. Grateful for the advocacy, frustrated by the gaps—that’s the paradox of this NASA op-ed. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o... 1/7

We are extremely concerned at the recent announcement from Wallops and Goddard telling of building and service closures. 1/n

A new form is being circulated at NOAA, asking seminar presenters to sign in order to participate. While similar forms exist, this one is written to sound like a Faustian contract—demanding you give away your soul and your atoms. @altnoaa.bsky.social @nasawatch.bsky.social

🧪🚀 #NASACuts The shutdown of amenities at Goddard campus is another blow to employee morale. This is consistent with a rumor circulating since December that there's a plan to drastically reduce the GSFC campus size and sell/rent out part of the property. nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...

🧪 #NASAcuts Amidst all ominous signs at #NASA, it is a relief we no longer get those dreadful "Embrace the Challenge" emails from leadership every Friday. The disingenuousness and sycophancy of those emails were the most damaging morale event of the last six months. Thank goodness they're gone.

#NASACuts At 60 days of the end of the fiscal year, dismissal letters are being sent around. As far as I know it really depends on each contract, for example, I have not heard of any university contractor receiving such notices.

🧪 #NASAcuts NASA's Micro Pulse Lidar network is being shutdown because budget cuts (sources tell me). It provides vertical profiles of pollution using lidar technology. A unique source of information to validate satellite detection and AQ models. mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov This is hosted at Goddard

@roguenasa.altgov.info @capitalclimate.bsky.social @nasawatch.bsky.social @danielbailey99.bsky.social @climateofgavin.bsky.social @climatebrad.hillheat.com @eniiler.bsky.social @genejm1017.bsky.social @arstechnica.com @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social

🚀 🧪#NASACuts NASA’s Unsung Workforce: Contractors Over half of #NASA’s workforce are contractors. Depending on the center, the proportion ranges from 50% to 70%+. Goddard—the most science-focused of all NASA centers—is at the upper end. There are two main types of NASA contractors. 1/8

🧪 #NASACuts #NASA Down my hallway, there were 5 civil servants (junior and senior) in early January. By next Monday, only 2 will remain (the younger ones). These people left voluntarily before any RIFs. How many will be left by the end of September?

🧪 #NASACuts #NASA Down my hallway, there were 5 civil servants (junior and senior) in early January. By next Monday, only 2 will remain (the younger ones). These people left voluntarily before any RIFs. How many will be left by the end of September?

🧪 #NASA contractors are being be laid off (see below). It's unknown how many will be reassigned, and it's reasonable to assume they'll join the vast, unknown collateral damage. I hope media spotlights these previously uncounted individuals. @roguenasa.altgov.info @arstechnica.com

#NASACuts #Landsat, one of NASA's proudest achievements in Earth Sciences, is being "reformulated" but in practice it means it will be killed (see @nasawatch article). Learn about its history and how much it has contributed to taxpayer, society and business. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat...

🧪 #NASA contractors are being be laid off (see below). It's unknown how many will be reassigned, and it's reasonable to assume they'll join the vast, unknown collateral damage. I hope media spotlights these previously uncounted individuals. @roguenasa.altgov.info @arstechnica.com

🧪🌎#NASAcuts From a Goddard CS who manage(d) a critical network used for air pollution monitoring and satellite validation effort. It is being shutdown now. So sad to see people who spent decades in this institution be gone so fast with still so much to give. @nasawatch.bsky.social

🧪 #NASACuts This NPR piece (with its high-level view of the agency) confirms my experience these past weeks: departures, week after week. Again, no mention of contractors—how many reassigned or left. Just a reminder: we run the agency. www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

🧪 #NASACuts This NPR piece (with its high-level view of the agency) confirms my experience these past weeks: departures, week after week. Again, no mention of contractors—how many reassigned or left. Just a reminder: we run the agency. www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history. Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️ www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

Studies estimate that for every $1 the U.S. government spends on #NASA, the #economy is boosted by $7-$14. NASA is a proven positive revenue stream & these cuts are fiscal malpractice. The loss to institutional knowledge will be devastating. @roguenasa.altgov.info #jim4ca www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

🧪 🌎 #NASACuts As of Jul/25 , ~500 Civil servants are retiring at #NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center (out of a total ~3000) . The center has about ~10K (CS+contractors). The latter are leaving is unknown but certainly they are leaving in big numbers as I can tell from around me. #SaveNASAScience

🧪#NASAcuts Wondering how #NASA Earth sciences contribute to society and economy ? An open letter published in Science (h/t @nasawatch.bsky.social for making it available) details many of them. nasawatch.com/earth-scienc...

#NASACuts From @nasawatch.bsky.social , this article nasawatch.com/budget/nasa-... contains information that I can confirm of my own experience. The current cuts are truly happening right now. My project that was.. 1/2

🧪#NASAcuts No hearing today.

Well, it will not happen since the House went into recess today until August.

🧪 #NASAcuts Life at Goddard from a cockroach perspective. They used be under the threat of fumigation but with that going away because funding, Henry and their brethren are starting to take over . Unlike humans , they do not need badges in campus. And they know how embrace the challenge.

🧪#NASACuts #DYK? while thousands of civil servants are leaving #NASA, even more contractors are being laid off? CS departures are tracked, but I’m not aware of any public data on contractor losses. I’ve seen CSs leave—and their contractor teams go with them as projects are shut down.

🧪#NASACuts #DYK this fact? The majority of people who run Earth Science infrastructure (models, algorithms, administration) and do science at #NASA are contractors. #SaveEarthScience #SaveES

🧪#NASAcuts #DYK this fact? the majority of Earth Science (+60%) at #NASA is carried out by contractors #SaveEarthScience #SaveES