DOGE Uses Haiku To Explain NASA Savings

Keith’s note: Team DOGE tweeted this yesterday – $420 million in supposed savings but they only use the minimum number of words to fit into a tweet to explain. Then NASA PAO sends out a response to some media (but not others) with an attempt at an explanation: “NASA is committed to optimizing its workforce and resources in alignment with [DOGE] initiatives. As part of this effort NASA has identified and phased out $420 million in contracts that were determined to be redundant or misaligned with our core mission priorities. This streamlining effort ensures that taxpayer dollars are directed toward the highest-impact projects while maintaining NASA’s essential functions at the highest level of execution. In total, we are aiming for these measures to result in considerably more savings for the American people, reinforcing our commitment to efficiency, innovation, and continued leadership in space exploration.” Huh? I’d like to ask for an explanation of the criteria used to review previously acceptable NASA financial grants, contracts etc. and how they determined if any of these things were now suddenly “redundant or misaligned” or what is “highest impact” vs “lower impact” means – i.e. how is it defined. But PAO would simply send more word salad – if they even replied.