- 19 Aug 2021 13:28
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Mars colonization is incredibly silly but if it motivates Musk to build huge reusable rockets, who cares. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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AFAIK wrote:[usermention=41202]
@late[/usermention]
If our current efforts to reach Mars fail we can try again next century. If our planet is ravaged by famines, mass migrations and wars then we won't have another chance.
BeesKnee5 wrote:
Not sure on this NASA obsession, but it's NOAA who operate the climate monitoring satelites
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/our-satellites
NASA has climate satelites but they are all part of a whole group of international effort
late wrote:We will need more of the new ones to get the kind of accuracy we need to evaluate our progress.
BeesKnee5 wrote:
What is it you think isn't being monitored?
late wrote:Not what I said...
BeesKnee5 wrote:
I get the impression you haven't a clue what you are asking for.
late wrote:Four of those .
NASA wanted 4 of those, Republicans cut it down to one.
So it isn't me asking for them...
One NASA scientist said measuring the small changes we will hopefully be making will be extraordinarily tough to measure.
Have a cup of coffee...
AFAIK wrote:Water vapour is the most common greenhouse gas and we weren't able to map it last I heard. I don't know if we can map it yet since I ignore climate contrarians in all their forms.
BeesKnee5 wrote:
This isn't about more powerful satelites, it's about maintaining a suite of satelites in orbit.
late wrote:NASA wanted better...
BeesKnee5 wrote:
We always want better. What we need more than anything is a consistent record.
late wrote:[
You were saying?
BeesKnee5 wrote:
The funny thing is you think it's just NASA that's putting more complex satelites up to understand cloud cover.
late wrote:Why do you keep lying, and why can't you spell satellite?
BeesKnee5 wrote:
It's not lying...
late wrote:
You've been trying to escape the obvious...
NASA has been saying for years they need to improve the technology. Yes, they need to replace instruments, but that is not enough.
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