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US government's shutdown: NASA organizes itself to face the crisis

Washington, USA - Operations and personnel needed to protect life and property will not be involved

Starting from the evening of Monday 30 September 2013 the shutdown of the US' government has been made effective, because of the Congress' failure to agree on a federal budget for fiscal year 2014. Consequently, many federal agencies starting from today will be forced to begin with the furloughs of their employees: NASA, the US' space agency, will be affected as well. "NASA -the agency wrote...

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Rome, Italy, 10/01/2013 11:03
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