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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. 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.

  2. 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.