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https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/nasas-buildings-are-even-older-than-its-graying-workforce/

> But there's a deeper problem with NASA's infrastructure. Erik Weiser, director of NASA's facilities and real estate division, told a blue-ribbon National Academies panel Thursday that the agency's budget for maintenance and construction is "wholly underfunded."

>In his presentation to the National Academies committee, Weiser described NASA's infrastructure as in an "increasing state of decline." There's a mismatch between what NASA needs to maintain or upgrade its facilities and the dollars the agency devotes to those efforts. The maintenance gap is $259 million per year using NASA's most conservative estimate, or more than $600 million if NASA followed the maintenance practices of the commercial industry, Weiser said.

> Weiser said 83 percent of NASA's facilities are beyond their design life. That's well above the percentage of NASA's workers eligible for retirement, about 25 percent, which itself a significant worry for the space agency.