An open letter signed by 287 current and former NASA employees, including astronauts, expresses deep concern about proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration. The letter emphasizes that these cuts compromise human safety and evoke fears similar to the past Columbia disaster, where seven astronauts lost their lives. Current policies at NASA have fostered a culture of organizational silence, particularly harmful given historical lessons learned. The proposed cuts threaten to nearly halve NASA's science budget, impacting workforce stability and potentially safety in future missions.
The last six months have seen rapid and wasteful changes which have undermined our mission and caused catastrophic impacts on NASA's workforce.
The culture of organizational silence promoted at NASA over the last six months already represents a dangerous turn away from the lessons learned following the Columbia disaster.
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