NASA terminates chief scientist role, closes policy office
Source: Reuters
NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees, the agency said on Monday.
NASA's acting administrator Janet Petro told employees by email on Monday the Office of the Chief Scientist, the Office of Science, Policy, and Strategy, and the diversity, equity and inclusion branch within the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity would be closed. The email was seen by Reuters.
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The agency has had a chief scientist for decades - except when the post was terminated between 2005 and 2011 - to advise on its missions and areas of space science and astronomy to focus research efforts.
The cuts, part of President Donald Trump's government cost-cutting initiative, will include the departures of NASA's current chief scientist, Katherine Calvin, as well as NASA's chief technologist, A.C. Charania.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nasa-terminates-chief-scientist-role-closes-policy-office-2025-03-10/
Who needs real scientists when you have Musk waiting to take over the entire space program?
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it will be goateed, Terran Empire Spock.
We are obviously in the evil Mirror Universe.
