Not really what I expected to be Energy-PE's first post, but I just read that about 17,500 NASA employees are staying home today. Out of 18,000 NASA employees. I was at first surprised by how small the number was, then immediately felt reassured, that when the anarchists in Congress are finally put in their place, and the American community returns to making the world a better place, a relatively tiny contingent of 17,500 NASA employees will also return to providing our country with what must be one of the best returns on investment in the history of astronomical science.