hard to know what to think about this - on the one hand, there is going to be a huge loss of institutional knowledge, which NASA likely will not be able to replace. On the other, many of these employees will end up in private sector space tech companies, talent seeding a nascent sector.
should be no problem from a national security perspective, given that military-civilian fusion can be easily achieved in the space sector
[0] https://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/FM-Resources/Budget/Air-Force-Pr... ("Department of the Air Force President's Budget Request FY26")
helsinkiandrew•10h ago