NASA will need to fess-up on DSCOVR
sduford on May 22 2008 at 8:08 am | Filed under: Politics, Technology
Looks like NASA will have to come clean on their mishandling of the $100M DSCOVR satellite. This amazing satellite would enable us to precisely measure how much energy hits the planet and how much is reflected and re-emitted. This would give us the total energy budget and would give us a very clear understanding of how much extra energy is being added to the system. DSCOVR would also be able to precisely measure the global surface temperature of the Earth.
Despite the satellite having been completed at a cost of $100M, NASA mysteriously decided to mothball it, and refused any offers by other agencies and other countries to launch it and manage it. Obviously, this would be a very inconvenient scientific tool for the Bush administration and their energy industry friends.
Now looks like Congress is going to force NASAкомпютри втора употреба to provide some answers and move forward with it.