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‘Serving the country and pushing the boundaries of human existence is very purposeful.’

Written by  Debra Werner Friday, 06 February 2026 15:56
MIT AeroAstro Department members Evana Gizzi (left) and Olivier de Weck (right) chat in front of the department’s exhibit on a game called GEOPatrol that simulates non-cooperative interactions in space between two space actors. Credit: Nicole Fandel/MIT Lincoln Laboratory

In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year decline since the end of World War II. In total, more than 5,000 people who were part of the federal space workforce left their positions. […]

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