How a Potential Government Shutdown Could Affect NASA
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
Fewer than 600 of NASA's 18,000 or so employees would likely keep working through a shutdown — the minimum needed to help ensure the safety of human life and the protection of property, according to a plan the space agency submitted to the Office of Manag
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