A group of 287 current and former NASA employees expressed concerns over federal funding cuts that drastically affect NASA's operations and goals. In a letter titled the "Voyager Declaration" addressed to interim administrator Sean Duffy, they criticized the Trump administration's actions, specifically cuts that have already resulted in the closure of three NASA departments and employee dismissals. The declaration states that future mission safety may be compromised and warns that the cancellation of missions is irreversible, threatening national security and the effective use of public resources.
The last six months have seen rapid and wasteful changes which have undermined our mission and caused catastrophic impacts on NASA's workforce.
We urge you not to implement the harmful cuts proposed by this administration, as they are not in the best interest of NASA.
Cutting funding for missions and shutting them down was not reversible. Once operational spacecraft are decommissioned, they cannot be turned back on.
The funding cuts could compromise safety for future missions, which was a dangerous turn away from the lessons learned following the Columbia disaster.
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