Keith’s note: This was just released by NASA PAO. They had too much to do this week so they got a 1 week extension to finish their plan on how to fire the people who were too busy this week. “In compliance with the President’s Workforce Optimization Initiative, NASA continues to work on our broader reorganization plan. Considering a variety of agency priorities this week, including the launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH, as well as preparations for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch Friday, and other agency missions, the agency received a one-week extension on our initial submission.”
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Let me translate: “We proposed our plan but Ted Cruz did not like it. Therefore we are busy appeasing Teddy.”
Ted Cruz is not in the decision path for RIF activities.