How media distort news?

 https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2007210687685337266

The @NYTimes  story does not fully reflect the context NASA shared. At no point is NASA “tossing out” important scientific or historical materials, and that framing has led to several other misleading headlines.

This is unfortunate at a time when the world should be energized by a plan to send NASA astronauts farther into space than ever before, return us to the lunar environment with a commitment to stay, alongside historic investments in an orbital economy and a renewed pursuit of science and discovery. The facts: - The physical library space at Goddard is closing as part of a long-planned facilities consolidation approved in 2022 under the previous administration. - NASA researchers will continue to have access to the scientific information and resources they need to do their work.


- NASA follows a deliberate process to evaluate materials, ensuring they are digitized, transferred to other libraries, or otherwise preserved for historical purposes.



Here’s what NASA sent to this reporter when he originally reached out:

"As part of a Goddard-wide campus transformation effort, all in-person library services at Building 21 at the Greenbelt location were paused on Dec. 9, 2025. Those services include collection checkout capabilities (books and bound journals), reference desk support, etc. The pause in services will allow library staff to conduct a comprehensive 60-day assessment of the NASA Enterprise collection, which will determine which materials to retain for continued agency use, and which items will be made available through the formal General Services Administration (GSA) disposition process. This process is an established method that is used by federal agencies to properly dispose of federally owned property.
The Goddard community does have and will continue to have access to books via the federal interlibrary loan process, uninterrupted access to current digital subscriptions to technical journals, and other digital content. Also, throughout the pause in in-person services, the community will also maintain access to "Ask a Librarian," a streamlined, digital method for NASA researchers to access the digital collection. The collaboration and work spaces within the library areas remain open currently, but will close effective Jan. 2, 2026."

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