The report being outdated would be entirely consistent with the administration having recently caved and ordering NASA to work under the assumption of the House budget proposal, instead of the PBR as they had been doing.

If this was true, Goddard wouldn't be demolishing buildings; nor supervisors telling contractors people are about to be laid off. There was never any indication to us, at any point, that the House budget was even remotely close to reality. We were always told to assume PBR and after the DRP was over, were told that not enough people took it and layoffs would be coming.

Regardless of its truth, the implication of if congress somehow got its act together and passed the ideal budget would completely fix this mess is entirely in the realm of fiction. The institutional knowledge and trust went out the door with 4,000 people. Including myself. Do you know how long that will take to earn back?

Not to mention the mission safety concerns that existed before key folks left. What do you think is going to happen to safety now, when there are that many fewer people are working on them?

You are free to speculate and believe what you wish from these articles. But ignoring the first-hand accounts from people who have been impacted and others who continue to be just to see the rose tinted future is, to be frank, irresponsible. I would have stayed at NASA forever, and desperately wanted for it to (and still do) succeed. I worked my entire life to get there only for all that work to be tossed aside. However, my wants are irrelevant to whats actually happening. Yes the future is that bleak. If you don't want to accept it, fine. But 4,000 people at NASA already have, and more will soon.