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Triana Mothballed

Posted by Hemos on from the nada-mas-triana dept.

jessemckinney writes "Apparently, the US congress of last year cut the funding of this great satellite project after it was finished. It will now take millions of dollars (us) to refuel and recalibrate the instruments. Why do politicians have to kill great science projects for their own political vandettas?"

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  1. In Case You Don't Know What Triana Is... by robbyjo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Visit their website. Check out their photo collections in the making as well.

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  2. Re:This is pretty old by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Informative
    > The Washington Post had a story on this a while ago.

    So did Slashdot. Yesterday.

    Frankly, If we want to see the earth from space 'cuz it looks k00l, we should do it ourselves

    Amateur Satellite geeks rule. And can do it a hell of a lot cheaper than Triana.

  3. Possible flight by Viadd · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to someone I know on the project, they might have a launch opportunity for Triana if they send the shuttle up to recover UARS.

  4. Re:Not gonna fly until after 2004... by NearlyHeadless · · Score: 3, Informative
    because those pesky scientists would most likely use it to gather evidence about inconvenient issues like global warming and pollution. In the mean time, the money is much better spent on that trillion dollar orbiting erector set.
    There are already satellites that study the climate and this one would not add anything special. The satellites show that the middle and upper atmosphere have warmed much less than ground level, which is the opposite of what is predicted by the computer climate models.