NASA employees eager to help in pandemic response




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Summary: Senior leaders at NASA say they've heard a common refrain from their employees during the pandemic: "How can we help?" NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine put out a call to the agency's workforce earlier this month: Send us your best ideas for how NASA can leverage its own research and expertise during the pandemic. NASA says it got hundreds of ideas from its employees on how they can track and predict the spread of coronavirus and create personal protective equipment and ventilation devices. For how NASA-At-Work got started, Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko spoke with NASA deputy associate administrator Cathy Mangum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices