> It's a really cool job they have (I'm not sarcastic), life-balance at NASA is known to be great ( = low to no pressure ) + since it's publicly funded, no clie

> It's a really cool job they have (I'm not sarcastic), life-balance at NASA is known to be great ( = low to no pressure ) + since it's publicly funded, no clients, no profit to make [...] I've known some NASA folks and they would not describe it as "low to no pressure". It's highly bureaucratic, constantly under budget pressure, and contractors get much of the cool work. Don't know about voyager, but I expect that many of those folks have been there decades-- like a closed society. I am sure it's awesome for them, more power to them, but it's certainly not the norm.