GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/gop-may-finally-succeed-in-unrelenting-quest-to-kill-two-nasa-climate-satellites/

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RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 348d (3 replies)

Christ, I read Satellites as Scientists, and ..didn't question it at all.

foggy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 348d

Holy shit me too.

mwproductions@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 348d

Glad to see I wasn't the only one.

WindyRebel@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 348d

Same. 😬

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 52 pts · 348d (3 replies)

Calling it now. They'll scuttle these satellites, and the next day SpaceX will unveil a plan for their own, private weather satellite network that the US government will suddenly have money to pay up for. But it won't ever be accessible to plebs...

50MYT@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 348d (2 replies)

And the data coming off it will have temperature drift

kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 347d (1 reply)

It will be adjusted for accuracy before its data is published

chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 347d

"Accuracy"

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 348d (1 reply)

Conservatives ruin everything.

beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d

Regressives, as I like to call them.

Naz@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 347d (1 reply)

Doomsday Cult disables satellites to reduce forewarning of hurricanes

Unexpected results at 12

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 347d

Yeah, the amount of "unprecedented" and "unforeseen" climate disasters that will populate the media will make me lose what little hair I have left on my head.

PunnyName@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 347d

Don't Look Up

mwproductions@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 348d
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