"Why a #NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose."
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5453731/nasa-carbon-dioxide-satellite-mission-threatened
"The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions…If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the satellite would burn up in the atmosphere…The equipment in space is state of the art and is expected to function for many more years…An official review by NASA in 2023 found that "the data are of exceptionally high quality"…The two missions cost about $750 million to design, build and launch… By comparison, maintaining both OCO missions in orbit costs about $15 million per year."
PS: These are two more examples showing that Trump science cuts have nothing to do with efficiency. In one case, we'd destroy a perfectly good satellite. In the other case, we'd …
"Why a #NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose."
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5453731/nasa-carbon-dioxide-satellite-mission-threatened
"The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions…If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the satellite would burn up in the atmosphere…The equipment in space is state of the art and is expected to function for many more years…An official review by NASA in 2023 found that "the data are of exceptionally high quality"…The two missions cost about $750 million to design, build and launch… By comparison, maintaining both OCO missions in orbit costs about $15 million per year."
PS: These are two more examples showing that Trump science cuts have nothing to do with efficiency. In one case, we'd destroy a perfectly good satellite. In the other case, we'd switch off the transmission of high-quality data. Taken together we'd walk away from a $750m investment to build and launch the satellites.
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