• ALQ@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    My understanding is that this message went out to all federal employees, not just NASA.

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    4 months ago

    I doubt the face of NASA being compliant will reflect the reality. NASA leads diversity in aerospace.

    35% women, 11% black, 2.2% LGBTQ. Keep in mind the diversity of their hiring pool is not 1:1 with the US population’s diversity. 14% of aerospace engineers are women, 5.7% are black, 8% are LGBTQ. NASA ain’t gonna change their hiring habits because they are looking for the best and brightest and DGAF about who they are.

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      My favorite part of these, like his executive orders, are the rambling nonsense explanations they’re giving for them, as if people are supposed to go, “huh, yeah, that makes sense, glad I know that now!” As if it weren’t a pure propaganda plot.

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    It is extremely shitty. I think NASA also agrees it’s shitty. NASA is owned by the government, and thus has to comply with this executive order. So while they may be rolling over, they HAVE to whether we like it or not.