How will the government shutdown affect ?

Each time has been different.

Critical missions will continue, e.g. the Psyche asteroid mission scheduled to launch on October 12.

Commercial companies, e.g. , will continue to operate.

There have been times when NASA just shut the gates. But with SpaceX and other commercial tenants, they can't do that now.

tours sometimes have been halted, not other times.

So we'll see.

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a separate facility from , will also be affected, but circumstances probably will be similar. Government activities will be restricted but commercial tenants will come and go.

TBD.

@WordsmithFL thanks for your reports from the Space Coast. Posts like these from around the English speaking world are great.

@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN I know a lot of people around the world are interested in the U.S. space program but can't visit here. I try to pull back the curtain to show what everyday life is like here.

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