Job losses in NASA

[Chipstone306]

Space shuttle shutdown may kill 8,000 jobs

NASA estimates employment loss when fleet is retired in 2010

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23904170/

 

[SiberianTiger]

Is anyone expecting a hiring boom in SpaceX and Virgin Galactic?

 

[MJR]

Crushing. For all those people to lose their jobs. But, things happen.

 

[Cosmos]

Is anyone expecting a hiring boom in SpaceX and Virgin Galactic?

All of the new startups are hiring, I really wish I was a rocket engineer. If the next Falcon 1 launch is successful, SpaceX should really be promising and Burt Rutan is looking for a few good men. If he is successful with Space Ship Two, he says his next ship will be orbital.

 

[simonpro]

To be honest the shuttle programme was overmanned anyway. That's the thing about government spaceflight, you always seem to end up with at least 2 people doing every job.

 

[Donamy]

Crushing. For all those people to lose their jobs. But, things happen.

You should run for congress. :dry:

 

[MJR]

Was that a good thing or bad thing?

 

[Chipstone306]

To be honest the shuttle programme was overmanned anyway. That's the thing about government spaceflight, you always seem to end up with at least 2 people doing every job.

But you do need that many with such a complexe piece of machinery a second look can't hurt. Remember they have a Very small margine of error