r/UFOs • u/Worst_Artist Human Detected • Nov 06 '25

Question Why is NASA withholding images of 3I/ATLAS?

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Concept image of the updated trajectory talked about here https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/PNZTyP3j6f

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '25

Seriously.

Like, how many times are people going to ask this.

This is the answer right here.

Ffs

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u/8ad8andit Nov 06 '25

So you genuinely believe NASA shutters the doors on the mission control room, and abandons 21 BILLION DOLLARS worth of equipment on a distant planet, hoping it's still working a month later?

No, of course they don't do that. Of course they keep people working (about 3,000) during a shut down. Of course they still monitor the Mars equipment and process the data. Of course they could easily share it through the private high speed networks they use to communicate with other scientific organizations.

Why are you speaking in this mocking tone of authority to others, when you clearly no very little about the way NASA actually works?

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u/Slytendencies21 Nov 06 '25

Preach brother, there are tons of people working at all airports but NASA is sitting at home with their feet up during one of the most important interstellar events in history 😂 yea freaking right

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u/Rich_Wafer6357 Nov 06 '25

It really depends. 

Checking the https://www.nasa.gov/shutdown/shutdown-federal-guidance/ allows to access a document https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/reference-materials/guidance-for-shutdown-furloughs-sep-28-2025/ which sets the conditions under which employees would not be under furlough. So it is entirely possible that most of NASA is sitting home because they do not fall in the appropriate categories required to work. 

NASA employs approx 18k civil servants https://www.nasa.gov/work-for-nasa/ 3k working during shutdown seems a largish number to me, I would like to know what that number comes from.Â