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NASA Earth Observation Budget
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on Monday January 22, @10:36AM
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Slashdot has an interesting discussion on NASA's Earth Observation budget. Their summary: "[...] a new report by the National Research Council warning that, by 2010, the number of NASA's Earth-observing missions will drop dramatically, and the number of operating sensors and instruments on NASA spacecraft will decrease by 40 percent. The report says, "The United States' extraordinary foundation of global observations is at great risk." Popular Mechanics asks an MIT professor what it all means. From these accounts it is clear that the Bush administration's priorities on a Mars mission and a moon base are partly to blame for the de-emphasizing of earth science. Neither article quite says that some responsibility must fall to the administration's footdragging on global warming." This informative comment tells us the budget is increasing, but just not as fast as promised. See related stories below. Update: 01/22 17:49 GMT by S : Very Spatial links to a smaller MSNBC article on the subject.
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Serious Trouble for NASA Satellites Plans
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Slashdot links to an CNN/AP article about budget cuts seriously affecting NASA satellites plans. From the article: "Since that report came out, NASA has chosen to cancel or mothball at least three planned satellites in an effort to save money. Cost overruns have delayed a new generation of weather satellites until at least 2010 and probably 2012, leading a Government Accountability Office official to label the enterprise "a program in crisis."" Informative article, even if alarmist. The Landsat and EOS programs are also discussed.
NASA’s Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet
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All Points Blog links to a NY Times article (registration required) informing us that NASA has deleted “to understand and protect our home planet” from its budget and planning documents. From the article: "The “understand and protect” phrase was cited repeatedly by James E. Hansen, a climate scientist at NASA who said publicly last winter that he was being threatened by political appointees for speaking out about the dangers posed by greenhouse gas emissions."
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