NASA is tightening its belt: The second wave of layoffs has begun

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NASA is tightening its belt: The second wave of layoffs has begun

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NASA is tightening its belt: The second wave of layoffs has begun





NASA is tightening its belt: The second wave of layoffs has begun



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NASA’is based in Southern California and has managed many high-profile robotic space missions. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), due to budget constraints dismissal took the decision. According to a recent statement, JPL employs approximately 5 percent of its employees. 325 people will be laid off. This decision will affect employees in the laboratory’s technical, business and support units.

Savings period at NASA

JPL officials said in their statement: “Impacts occur in the technical, business and support areas of the Laboratory. “These are painful but necessary adjustments that will allow us to stick to our budget while continuing our important work for NASA and our nation.” he said. JPL is federally funded by NASA and managed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).




NASA is tightening its belt: The second wave of layoffs has begun



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This wave of layoffs is one of the things that happened at JPL this year. second major layoff move February in about 8 percentA cut of 50% was made and 530 employees and 40 contractors had to leave their jobs during this period. In this first wave, restrictions on financing high-cost projects, especially the mission to return samples from Mars, were effective.

conducted by JPL Mars Sample Return The (MSR) mission aims to bring samples collected by Perseverance to Earth in the 2030s. However, the cost of this project Between 8 and 11 billion dollars This raised questions about the sustainability of the project in terms of budget. For this reason, the MSR project was re-evaluated.

JPL Director Laurie Leshin in a memo to employees“With lower budgets and the estimated work ahead of us, we had to tighten our belts.” he said. Leshin said the results of last week’s presidential election did not play a role in the layoffs. After the layoffs, JPL will have 5,500 regular employees, although it is unclear whether there will be further cuts in the future.

























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