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Mike Garcia: “We're losing a cumulative of anywhere between 3000 years and…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

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. And so I don't know how we're going to address the workforce issues. It was a premature decision. (02:14–02:22)

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Asserts that the layoffs resulted in a loss of 3000 to 5000 years of corporate knowledge.

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