1088: NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter
The Trump administration has proposed cutting NASA’s budget by almost 25% and shutting down 19 currently operating science missions. On July 21, several hundred current and former employees of the space agency released an official letter of dissent, titled “The Voyager Declaration,” arguing against “rapid and wasteful changes which have undermined our mission.” Retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman joins Host Flora Lichtman to explain why she felt compelled to add her signature to the letter of dissent. Guest: Dr. Cady Coleman is a retired NASA astronaut and the author of Sharing Space: An…
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