NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage

As the US federal government’s shutdown drags on, NASA staffers are raising concerns over a dozen buildings on its Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) main campus in Maryland being emptied without notice.

The campus serves as the headquarters for some extremely important missions, including NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash, according to internal communications reviewed by CNN. For instance, a building housing Goddard’s ElectroMagnetic Anechoic Chamber (GEMAC), an extremely important piece of equipment for testing spacecraft antennas, is being shuttered.

“It’s like taking a Maserati to the junkyard to get crushed because your driver’s license expired,” a source told CNN. “The GEMAC is fully operational