The three departures are unfortunate that's the view of Claude Canizares, vice president of research at MIT, who served on the council for ten years.

NPR: Budget Cuts Trigger NASA Resignations

"Deemed export controls have very limited efficacy for a relatively high cost of compliance, " says Claude Canizares, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's vice president for research.

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Mr. CLAUDE CANIZARES (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): These are excellent scientists, and two of them actually served as associate administrators within NASA. I think it's a shame not to have strongly opinionated but very smart people giving advice.

NPR: Budget Cuts Trigger NASA Resignations