NASA chief scientist fired in first round of Trump-ordered cuts

Posted by testrun on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:11AM
from the abc.net.au dept.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/nasa-fires-chief-scientist-in-first-round-of-trump-cuts/105044394

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Re:NASA chief scientist fired in first round of Trump-ordere... by Miraltar on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:38AM (#43343148)

No worries, SpaceX is there. /s

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Re:NASA chief scientist fired in first round of Trump-ordere... by janis1234 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @12:39PM (#43345048)

Unfortunately many of these scientist stopped doing science and became activist.

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Re:NASA chief scientist fired in first round of Trump-ordere... by jfengel on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @03:05PM (#43346596)

"Janet Petro told employees 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."

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