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Mike Garcia: “Those folks that were at JPL aren't just leaving JPL…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

Rep. Mike Garcia Calls on NASA to Fully Fund MSR Program

Published March 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 02:07

But we could have cooperated, we could have communicated, and we could have landed on a place where maybe we should have preserved those jobs. And what's happening now is Those folks that were at JPL aren't just leaving JPL. They're leaving the industry. In many cases, they're leaving the state. And we're losing a cumulative of anywhere between 3000 years and 5000 years of corporate knowledge of engineering and design and early development design work expertise that ain't coming back. (02:07–02:13)

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Asserts that employees laid off from JPL are leaving the industry entirely.

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