No More Panda Cam: How The Government Shutdown Will Affect Things We Care About
House of Representatives If absolutely nothing goes as planned, the U.S. government will shut down tonight at midnight. Among other things, the forced absence of government will affect science and technology. Here's how: NASA: Everything But The ISS. NASA would be hit very hard by the shutdown, harder than almost any other agency. Very little of what NASA does is considered essential services; pretty much the only thing that'd still be going are services that keep our astronauts on the International Space Station alive. Space.com estimates that fewer than 600 of NASA's roughly 18,000 employees would continue working during a shutdown. Work would cease on projects not yet launched, like new satellites, which could have adverse effects on those projects even when the lights are switched back on. Environmental Protection Agency: Effectively Shut Down. A story in the Hill last week took a look at what would happen to the...