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Summary
The White House unexpectedly decided not to terminate over 1,000 probationary NASA employees on Tuesday, despite similar cuts at other federal agencies.
NASA had requested exemptions, but it’s unclear why the reprieve was granted. Some speculate that Jared Isaacman, Trump’s nominee to lead NASA, may have intervened.
While this decision spares employees for now, the administration is still considering significant workforce reductions in the coming months.
NASA field centers have been instructed to prepare for possible layoffs, though final decisions may require congressional approval.
Meanwhile at the space station… Stranded astronauts desperately build a parachute using their clothes, duct tape (the good stuff, not that home depot crap) and USB cables. They must make the hard decision to decide who should jump and who should remain in space… Forever!
If you jump off of the space station you would just keep circling the Earth. Even if you had a parachute.
You’d deorbit eventually, but the parachute probably wouldn’t help you at that point.