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Shutdown will largely shutter NASA, other science projects
With Congress' failure to agree
on a federal budget for 2014 on Monday night, the US government began the
process of shutting down, affecting many who work in science. The first federal
government shutdown since 1996 is expected to lead to the furlough of 800,000federal employees in a wide range of services and departments, including
federal science research programs such as space exploration. NASA will shut
down almost entirely," President Obama said Monday in a statement, meaning
unpaid time off for the majority of the agency's 18,000 employees. Other
agencies conducting research programs expected to be affected include the
Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, which will allow work to
continue on projects supported by grants but won't be making any new payments.
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