The White House has instructed NASA to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
The article says it’s $15m /yr to maintain… but the real consideration is the replacement cost (because they will be replaced) and the cost of all the lost information.
And the new gilded WH ballroom will cost $200m. How about using “donor money” to support those satellites till normalcy returns.
Plus, renovations to Qatar gifted plane estimated $500m-$1b. Tax payer money.
That's a pittance The discontinuity in coverage will decrease the utility of the new satellites The satellite mission is being descoped in precisely the manner needed to decrease the utility for climate observations
