Maryland's entire Democratic congressional delegation is demanding answers from NASA about unexplained building closures, workforce losses and accelerated consolidations at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, during the government shutdown.
In a new letter to NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, two Senators and seven House Representatives expressed alarm over months of workforce attrition and sudden changes to facilities that may be undermining Goddard's world-leading science capabilities at a moment when other nations, particularly China, are actively ramping up their spaceflight ambitions.
