NASA sold a $250,000 telescope test blank for $300. Then engineers at Goddard had to launch a $4 billion space telescope using second-rate fuel-testing gear, because the good equipment was gone. This is what "cutting waste" actually looked like.
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NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions
NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.