{"id":23677,"date":"2025-03-10T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23677"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:25:55","slug":"nasa-eliminates-chief-scientist-and-other-jobs-at-its-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23677","title":{"rendered":"NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the agency\u2019s Washington headquarters.<\/p>\n

The cuts affect about 20 employees at NASA, including Katherine Calvin, the chief scientist and a climate science expert. The last day of work for Dr. Calvin and the other staff members will be April 10.<\/p>\n

That could be a harbinger of deeper cuts to NASA\u2019s science missions and a greater emphasis on human spaceflight, especially to Mars. During President Trump\u2019s address to Congress last week, he said, \u201cWe are going to lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump did not give a timeline for astronauts to reach the red planet, and during an interview on Fox News on Sunday, he said it was not a top priority. \u201cIs it No. 1 on my hit list?\u201d he said. \u201cNo. It\u2019s not really.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He added, \u201cIt\u2019d be a great achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The administration sent notice to Congress on Monday that NASA was abolishing the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Katherine Calvin, NASA\u2019s chief scientist and senior climate adviser.<\/span>Bill Ingalls\/NASA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the agency\u2019s Washington headquarters.The cuts affect about 20 employees at NASA, including Katherine Calvin, the chief scientist and a climate science expert. The last day of work for Dr. Calvin and the other staff members will be April 10.That could be a harbinger of deeper cuts to NASA\u2019s science missions and a greater emphasis on human spaceflight, especially to Mars. During President Trump\u2019s address to Congress last week, he said, \u201cWe are going to lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond.\u201dMr. Trump did not give a timeline for astronauts to reach the red planet, and during an interview on Fox News on Sunday, he said it was not a top priority. \u201cIs it No. 1 on my hit list?\u201d he said. \u201cNo. It\u2019s not really.\u201dHe added, \u201cIt\u2019d be a great achievement.\u201dThe administration sent notice to Congress on Monday that NASA was abolishing the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy.Dr. Katherine Calvin, NASA\u2019s chief scientist and senior climate adviser.Bill Ingalls\/NASAWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23679,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23680,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23677\/revisions\/23680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}