doctorjackpine

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also dropping this document here which further highlights the destruction at NASA

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B1CC17F2-50CE-4C0B-89C9-B713FE76E146

We dissent! “More than 280 NASA employees past and present, including at least 4 astronauts, have signed a declaration of opposition to the many drastic changes that the administration of US President Donald Trump is working to enact”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02296-1

#SaveNASA

‘We dissent’: NASA staff declare opposition to Trump cuts

Declaration of dissent, which warns that science and safety are at risk, joins similar documents from staff at the EPA and the NIH.

Every living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented budget cuts

“NASA science endeavors are exercises in long-term national commitment that pay dividends to the American people” #SaveNASA #nasa

https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release

Every living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented…

The entire past leadership of NASA’s science activities have released a joint statement condemning the proposed 47% cuts proposed to the agency’s science…

The Planetary Society
There's a protest planned on Monday, June 30, 7-11 am, at NASA's DC headquarters at 300 E St SW
More from @arstechnica:
"NASA's senior leaders did acknowledge Wednesday that the pain of the agency's downsizing will extend far outside of the agency's walls."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/during-a-town-hall-wednesday-nasa-officials-on-stage-looked-like-hostages/
During a town hall Wednesday, NASA officials on stage looked like hostages

A Trump appointee suggests NASA may not have a new administrator until next year.

Ars Technica
Under the direction of OMB svengali Russ Vought, NASA HQ in DC is getting shut down. https://spacenews.com/nasas-acting-leadership-planning-new-agency-structure/ #NASA #DOGE
NASA’s acting leadership planning new agency structure

NASA’s acting administrator expects to decide on a new “top-level” structure for NASA within weeks, but her successor may not be in place until next year.

SpaceNews

Moving from fosstodon #introduction

👋 I'm Scott. I used to study insects and plants. Now I do software, currently at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. I prefer #python but also do #rstats, #ruby, etc

Are all my #plant #spectroscopy peeps up on mastodon? If so, I'd like to connect and figure out where folks are hanging out and communicating about science and remote sensing!

I've also recently moved and updated the #R spectratrait package, now found here post move from DOE:

https://github.com/plantphys/spectratrait

I hope you find it useful!

GitHub - plantphys/spectratrait: A tutorial R package for illustrating how to fit, evaluate, and report spectra-trait PLSR models. The package provides functions to enhance the base functionality of the R pls package, identify an optimal number of PLSR components, standardize model validation, and vignette examples that utilize datasets sourced from EcoSIS (ecosis.org)

A tutorial R package for illustrating how to fit, evaluate, and report spectra-trait PLSR models. The package provides functions to enhance the base functionality of the R pls package, identify an ...

GitHub