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Meanwhile: https://www.nasa.gov/careers/working-with-nasa https://www.nasa.gov/careers/working-with-nasa Other than extremely rare exceptions, you must be a U
by tpmx 3y ago
Meanwhile:
https://www.nasa.gov/careers/working-with-nasa https://www.nasa.gov/careers/working-with-nasa
Other than extremely rare exceptions, you must be a U.S. citizen in order to work for NASA as a civil service employee.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoAt least you get to choose between sued for either ITAR or Civil Rights Law violations.
- olliej 3y agoHowever you can (and many do) work for nasa as an employee of a contractor. Working for NASA as a "civil servant" means "are an employee of the federal government", which is a very different thing in employment law. It is also a different thing in terms of compensation: a friend of mine just started working at NASA in Mountain View. They were given two offers for the same job "you work directly for NASA for $60k as an entry level federal employee with federal employee benefits" or "you work for a contractor for 100k and shitty contractor benefits". They went the "I need to pay Bay Area rent" path, but have found that because they aren't "civil servant" they essentially cannot work with other organizations or universities.
- throwaway2037 3y agoHat tip. Good share. Serious question: Are there and well known examples of these exceptions? I cannot believe that anyone with exclusively Five Eyes citizenships would not be accepted.
- tonfreed 3y agoI know a guy that contracts with NASA via CSIRO here in Australia. I imagine there's probably similar things going on with European research orgs
- tpmx 3y agovia CSIRO
- throwaway2037 3y agoCool, I didn't know about CSIRO. Google tells me: <<The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research.>> Also, Australia hosts a very important part of the NASA Deep Space Network in Canberra. I would assume there are lots of NASA and CSIRO employees there, and cooperation (trust) must be exceptionally high.