NASA Laying Off More Than 1,200 Space Workers
Cape Canaveral, FL, United States (AHN) – NASA was expected to lay off at least 1,200 space workers on Friday and up to 9,000 could lose their jobs as the space shuttle program ends.
The job cuts on Friday come despite the United States Congress passing legislation to authorize a $19 billion budget for the space agency and an additional shuttle launch. However, the exact amount of money each NASA program will receive from the reauthorization bill will not be determined until after the November elections.
Some of the people losing their jobs have worked on the shuttle program since its beginnings in the 1980s.
All employees being laid off by the space agency will receive severance pay. In addition to those workers, hundreds of employees of companies that do business with NASA are also losing their jobs.
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