3900 employees of the deferred resignation .. “NASA” in the goal of Trump’s fire

NASA announced the loss of about 3,900 employees as part of the comprehensive campaign led by President Donald Trump to reduce the number of workers in the federal government.
This comes despite the fact that sending inhabited missions to the moon and Mars remains among its basic priorities.

The deferred resignation program

In a statement sent via e -mail, NASA said that about 3000 employees participated in the second round of the postponed resignation program, which was closed late Friday.
With 870 employees in the first round of the program, in addition to the usual departure cases of employees, the number of civil workers in the agency is expected to decrease from more than 18,000 employees before Trump took office in January, to about 14 thousand employees, or a decrease of more than 20 percent.
The employees who will leave the US space agency will be placed under the deferred resignation program on an administrative vacation, until the date of the agreed departure. A spokesman for the agency said that these numbers may change slightly over the coming weeks.

A new golden age of exploration and innovation

NASA stressed that “safety remains at the top of its priorities, as it seeks to achieve a balance between the need to become a more efficient and flexible organization, and at the same time working to ensure the full ability to continue to pursue a new golden era of exploration and innovation, including the moon and Mars.”
Earlier this year, the Trump administration’s budget proposal to NASA was returning to the moon, and making a trip to Mars at the top of the priorities.

Mars surface

The White House says it wants to focus on “the superiority of China to return to the moon and put the first person on the surface of Mars.”
China is seeking to achieve its first informed landing on the moon by 2030, while the American program known as “Artemis” faces frequent delays.
NASA is still running from a temporary manager, after Trump withdrew the nomination of billionaire Jared Eskman, backed by Elon Musk, to head the agency.