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GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites (arstechnica.com)

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[–] blueworld@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Absolutely, having worked in remote existence I'm well aware of how much support and maintenance it takes to keep up equipment and collect the data.

The article wasn't clear that Trump was trying to cut the collection & analysis from the headline and several paragraphs in. Initial impression were that we had more orbiters in line for launch that were being scrapped half built... Also tragic, but having working orbiters makes budget inertia slightly more likely to win against a cut.

Several budget cuts have been overturned by lawsuit and although they take months, the orbiters can probably be left in a reduced budget or even maybe limbo for that period while still being recoverable (IMO).

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I hope you’re right, because chucking them into the ocean is criminal.