Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push

At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave under a push to shed staff, according to documents obtained by POLITICO — potentially spelling trouble for White House space policy and depriving the agency of decades of experience.

Handing the next century of space exploration to China, who is planning a sample return mission to Mars by 2028, land on the Moon by 2030, and construct a moon base by 2035.