NASA Cancels Satellite CO2 Monitoring Project – Is It Accelerated With That?
Essays by Eric Worrall
h/t Dr. Willie Soon; The cancellation of Project Geocarb leaves a lot of questions – such as how NASA managed to spend $170 million on a CO2 monitoring project without sending anything into space.
NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost
By SETH BORENSTEIN November 30, 2022
NASA is canceling a planned satellite that will be closely watched Greenhouse gas through the Americas because it became too costly and complicated.
But the space agency says it will still monitor human-caused carbon pollution, but in different ways.
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When it was announced six years ago, According to NASA’s Director of Earth Science, Karen St.
Unlike other satellites that track greenhouse gases from low Earth orbit and collect different parts of the globe in one big picture, GeoCarb is thought to be at a much higher altitude of 22,236 miles (35,786 km). ) from a fixed position in orbit and centered on North and South America. St. That different and further perspective proved too difficult and costly to complete within budget and on time, Germain said.
The device alone has more than doubled in price and then there are non-technical problems will add, she speaks. The agency spent $170 million on the now-cancelled program and will not spend any more.
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How can it cost $600 million to launch two satellites into geostationary orbit? How did the agency manage to spend $170 million without launching a satellite?
I would like to see an audit of the project, to see how much money, if any, has been diverted to supposed dual uses. Perhaps the upcoming Republican convention could launch an investigation into NASA’s spending on “non-technical issues.”
NASA may still be working on another Earth-focused project, according to the AP article. Let’s hope the new project doesn’t suffer from inflated costs and “non-technical” problems.