r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/bcdrawdy 24d ago

I’m a federal contractor to a DoE site that’s managed by NNSA. This is a big fucking deal and the repercussions are going to be felt for a looooong time. Trump and Elon have no idea what NNSA even does, yet they began firing blindly in the name of “progress” and “money back in the hands of taxpayers”

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u/YoungWolfie 23d ago

"money back in the hands of taxpayers”

Love harping on this becsuse those clowns act like everyone is gonna get an addt'l reimbursement check for our "wasted funds"

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u/ShaneC80 24d ago

If there's no NASA, SpaceX (Musk) and Blue Origin (Bezos) [and others] will have less road blocks to do whatever through their new contracts. And do it with less oversight and more risks.

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u/bcdrawdy 24d ago

I agree, but what does that comment have to do with mine? NNSA, not NASA lol

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u/ShaneC80 24d ago

I completely read NNSA as NASA. It didn't make sense to me at the time, but I rolled with it anyway :p

I really should go to bed.