Futurology

1780 readers

85 users here now

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

voidx@futurology.today

Lugh@futurology.today

Espiritdescali@futurology.today

AwesomeLowlander@futurology.today

Aging, overworked and underfunded: NASA faces a dire future, according to experts (phys.org)

submitted 2 months ago by voidx@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Part of it is NASA struggles to pay competitive wages versus what some technology backgrounds can get you in the private sector. I know several people who work there and I used to work the launchpads myself until I got a better job.

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And despite this it’s still quite competitive and has super high requirements still from what I saw. Not that it’s a bad thing but if you meet those high requirements you can get a much better job elsewhere

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Precisely. If you are that compelling a candidate, there are other industries who are usually willing to pay more for the same set of skills.