Okay, you may be wondering what the heck that photo is that accompanies this story. Answer: It's a NASA astronaut's spacesuit on display at the White House in a 2018 Halloween display. Now you know.
In December of 2025, meanwhile, the Office of Personnel Management launched Tech Force, a program to attract the top data engineers, programmers, and AI specialists to the administration to modernize government operations.
They want to get young tech geniuses who want to serve their country and boost their career prospects along the way:
Tech Force will be an elite group of ~1,000 technology specialists hired by agencies to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) implementation and solve the federal government's most critical technological challenges. Tech Force will be an elite group of ~1,000 technology specialists hired by agencies to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) implementation and solve the federal government's most critical technological challenges.
Now, the administration is upping the game, and on Wednesday, they announced a new program under Tech Force to get more brainiacs working on our space program: NASA Force:
👀 @USTechForce x @NASA https://t.co/aq7fYBxn7N https://t.co/AMLOJJaQeA
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 4, 2026
They announced the program with a statement on NASA’s website:
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and deploy the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s space program.
NASA Force will identify and place high-impact technical talent into mission-critical roles supporting NASA’s exploration, research, and advanced technology priorities, ensuring the agency has the cutting-edge expertise needed to maintain U.S. leadership in space.
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Are you a genius astrophysicist? Here’s how you can apply:
Explore with us!
— NASA (@NASA) March 4, 2026
Learn more about NASA Force, a new initiative to recruit the nation's top engineers and technologists in support of America's space program. Applications are opening soon: https://t.co/xijM2COWsb pic.twitter.com/p1n73lUtCN
As we’re seeing with our Iran operations, leading the world in tech isn’t just good for the economy, it’s crucial to our security. Maintaining our dominance in space exploration has been key in our past, and will be vital to our future.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in the statement:
America’s leadership in space depends on extraordinary talent. NASA Force will help us attract the next generation of innovators and technical experts who are ready to solve the toughest challenges in exploration, science, and aerospace technology. This partnership strengthens our workforce and helps ensure the United States remains the global leader in space.
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I would apply to NASA Force, but I barely passed calculus, and nowadays would struggle to explain what it even does. I can ask AI to make cool pictures, but I sure as heck couldn’t program it.
Think I’ll stick with my day job.
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