Read the NASA ‘Voyager Declaration’ Letter of Dissent to the Trump Administration

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We dissent to changes to NASA’s Technical Authority capacities that are driven by anything other than safety and mission assurance. The culture of organizational silence promoted at NASA over the last six months already represents a dangerous turn away from the lessons learned following the Columbia disaster. Changes to the system of Technical Authority, as suggested would be made in the June 25th NASA Town Hall, should be made only in the interests of improving safety, not in anticipation of future budget cuts.
We dissent to the closing out of missions for which Congress has appropriated funding because it represents a permanent loss of…