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BumRushDaShow

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Sat May 17, 2025, 05:34 PM May 17

Trump administration set to shutter iconic research center in New Yor [View all]

Source: Axios

11 hours ago


Scientists at an iconic NASA research center in New York City have been told they have until the end of the month to vacate their building and everything in it— with nowhere else to go.

Why it matters: The closure of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a building owned by Columbia University and made famous for housing the diner that appears in "Seinfeld," is the latest blow to scientists and climate change researchers from the Trump administration and DOGE.

  • Scientists at Goddard who spoke to Axios warn that critical work — including the maintenance of global temperature records dating back to the 1880s used by economists, insurance companies and private developers — is at risk with the Center's closure.
  • Home to more than 100 scientists, the Goddard center is nearly as old as NASA itself, founded in 1966. It's where the terms "black hole" and "quasar" were coined.


  • State of play: Scientists there got an email last month alerting them to the imminent closure of the building, four of them told Axios Friday afternoon.

  • "This is existential for us," said Joy Romanski, a climate scientist at Columbia University who works at the center. "We can't recreate this anywhere else. And it doesn't work to be remote."
  • The others, who work directly for NASA, asked for anonymity for fear of retribution from the federal government.
  • They were told to remove all belongings from the space, down to the bare walls.


  • Zoom out: The magic sauce to the center, they said, is the collaboration between scientists and the post-doctoral students that come through every few years, as well as its close relationship to Columbia University.

  • "This is highly destructive to us, and I believe it's intentional," one said.


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/17/trump-nasa-goddard-office
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    Time for the Real Billionaires Inkey May 17 #1
    Time for them to pay somebody to.... paleotn May 17 #10
    Oh yes wolfie001 May 17 #19
    Neil deGrasse Tyson works there IbogaProject May 17 #2
    Neil is a Trump supporter blue cat May 17 #6
    A silly rumor. Nothing more. paleotn May 17 #12
    Yeah, it makes no sense at all that he'd be a Trump supporter. ShazzieB May 17 #20
    I guess caving to trump choie May 17 #3
    Fuck That Fuckin' Fucker! BidenRocks May 17 #4
    Reminder angrychair May 17 #5
    So MSM should report that, right?? Evolve Dammit May 17 #8
    Exactly. LisaM May 17 #9
    Every day we go backwards n/t hibbing May 17 #7
    Let's face it. ShazzieB May 17 #11
    Reminds me of Nazis and their distaste for "Jewish Science" paleotn May 17 #13
    Both science, history, and woke education. ananda May 17 #15
    It's just what Fascist's do. ReRe May 17 #17
    WRONG!!! Say it aloud: "WRONG!!!!!" BurnDoubt May 17 #14
    Help me out here ... defacto7 May 17 #16
    I don't get that either Bayard May 17 #18
    Remember all those Muskrat-directed GSA-owned building and GSA lease cancels? BumRushDaShow May 18 #22
    But this still implies that the building belongs to the university. defacto7 May 18 #23
    If the government cancels its lease BumRushDaShow May 18 #24
    I think I figured out my problem. defacto7 May 18 #25
    As a 30+ year (now-retired 8 years) fed BumRushDaShow May 18 #27
    Yes. I can imagine, but only imagine the pain you are carrying. defacto7 May 18 #28
    This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius May 18 #21
    Houston, we have a problem .. Bo Zarts May 18 #26
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