"It is unclear why the Trump administration seeks to end the missions."
The first sentence answers the question posed by the second. If we don't monitor greenhouse gases then we don't need to worry about them, right? Especially if you've decided a priory that global climate change is a hoax. Trump's anti-science stance is extremely dangerous.
Who did? Russell Vought is anti-science but he doesn't know satellites
I doubt Musk has any communication or influence anymore
Someone quietly behind the scenes taking a sledgehammer to society
What the Sea People were to the Bronze Age, these people are to the Information Age. At least in the West.
anenefan•6mo ago
If it were a large ticket item that was largely redundant (such as something only done for glory, posturing or bragging rights,) it would be totally understandable -- but not spending a comparatively small sum for a substantial outcome defies common sense.
fuzzfactor•6mo ago
When you think about it, every other political party up until now has had the fiscal responsibility to be able to afford more research satellites like this, not less.
In effect this is economically behaving like the highest-tax environment that has ever been seen in anybody's lifetime, now snowballing in a way that good Republicans & Democrats have never allowed to occur before.