Layoffs Loom Ahead

Hello good people.

I can only comment from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. If you read the Florida Today's article list as the firt item on this post about Job losses, you will read up on many Space Workers that are upbeat, professional and most importantly proud of all the accomplishments no matter the news of Job Loss. As depicted in the Florida Today news article, the Quality Control worker identified as Remrey shares many of Space Workers here in Kennedy Space Center.

Allow me to quote the article:
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Remrey, 59, of Cocoa Beach, was recently notified she was being let go from Wiltech Corp. of Florida based at Kennedy Space Center. Her last day is Oct. 1.

News such as this could easily send anyone into the throes of depression. But Remrey, who's not married and has adult children in another state, still walks into work the way she did the first day more than a decade ago: with a smile and a "good morning." Even her supervisor is surprised at how well she is taking the news. Her positive attitude is helping her coworkers remain upbeat.
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We need to continue and support these hard and dedicated Space Workers to transition into other areas of work within the Government, or Private Industry as they been the best Space Team any Government Agency, the Nation could find!

We all will finish the Space Shuttle era with high levels of quality work and dedication and see to it that all reaminding flights be a complete success.

PadRat

I work there and it is sad to see everyone leave. We are losing something America is great at doing. Brevard is losing all its good workers. We are all leaving for better jobs outside of Florida. Most of the job fairs at ksc are for military contracts outside of Florida. When it is time for me to move, I will be outside of Florida too. Good bye.

The fuse for this was lit in 2004 with Bush's VSE speech. The Constellation program would not have changed any of this.

The fuse for this was lit in 2004 with Bush's VSE speech. The Constellation program would not have changed any of this.

I disagree.

Bush may have initiated with the Vision, but the idea was that Shuttle would be replaced by the time it stopped flying. O'Keefe and Steidle were well on the way to making that happen.

Griffin and Constellation came in with grand new ideas none of which were implementable on a realistic schedule even if they had made any sense, which they didn't. And they kept telling us they were on schedule, on plan, even as they would slip 18 months every year.

If there had been any NASA management they would have spoken up and they would have been assessing and reassessing the situation long before an Augustine commission needed to be named.

What is really stupid is laying of all these people when the nation is in the jobs crisis it is in, at the same time turning off Shuttle when there is nothing to replace it for many years.

Stupidity and foolishness at all levels of government.

and these layoffs don't even take into account the LM and Orion contractors at JSC that are moving off Constellation(not sure how many are layoffs vs. moved to other projects) due to the CR marks HQ has sent down (50% reduction).

Sure Gonzo the shuttle layoffs were set in motion by the VSE, but current president's plans have caused deeper layoffs since there is nothing for shuttle folks to transition to. his desire to cancel constellation and the games they are playing to make it difficult to move forward regardless of what Congress wants is only making the layoff situation worse for the dedicated workforce.

Your view of history is a tad myopic and simplistic. The fuse for this was lit in 1968 and has been fanned by every administration and Congress since then. But I do get it....it's easier to blame Bush for everything than all who have precipitated another layoff in a long line of layoffs.

Anyone really read that "USA Contract Extension" article? That one dude said at the solid motor test firing press conference they've spent $1B on the first stage since they started (2006? 2007?). Then a few days later we see NASA spending $1B for six or seven months of USA??? How can anyone argue solids or Orion or anything else cxp is expensive!!!