Posted on 06/29/2014 2:05:09 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Five years after a NASA satellite to track carbon dioxide plunged into the ocean after liftoff, the space agency is launching a carbon copy — this time on a different rocket.
The $468 million mission is designed to study the main driver of climate change emitted from smokestacks and tailpipes. Some of the carbon dioxide is sucked up by trees and oceans, and the rest is lofted into the atmosphere, trapping the sun's heat and warming the planet.
NASA suffered a major scientific — and financial — disaster in 2009 when a rocket carrying the original satellite plummeted into the waters off Antarctica minutes after soaring from Vandenberg Air Force Base along the central California coast.
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Just how is this supposed to help reach out to mooseSlimes?
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
And speaking of NASA, the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to appropriate funds for space exploration or atmospheric study purposes. So right off the bat, NASA needs to do the following.
To preserve its very existence, NASA needs to encourage Congress to propose a space exploration and atmospheric study amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification. And if the states choose to ratify the amendment then Congress will have the specific power that it needs to make appropriations bills to fund NASA for such purposes and NASA will be a hero.
But also consider that the states have never delegated to Congress, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate environemental issues even if atmospheric studies reveal problems. So both NASA and global warming alarmists also have to encourage Congress to propose an amendment to the states which would grant Congress the specific power that it needs to legislatively address environmental issues. And if the states choose to ratify that amendment then Congress will have the constitutional authority that it needs to protect the environment and global warming alarmists will be heroes along with NASA.
Why are they screwing around with this? Just say you launched the satellite, declare it has found significant global warming and bag the $450 million for the DNC.
The Mediacrats won’t question it.
Good point!
Neither will the constitutionally clueless sheeple question it.
yes because the polor vortex is not stationary anymore because of global opps Climate change
“Carbon copy”- HAHAHAHAHHA
Unlikely to have indicated a polar orbit, if it failed before achieving low earth orbit. Generally satellites enter a low earth orbit, with an inclination equal to the launch latitude. Once in low earth orbit, they perform transfer maneuvers. I suppose a polar orbit would be most useful for giving worldwide coverage, so I would not be surprised.
heh, heh carbon copy
That is some damned expensive alchemy.
How is a heavier than air gas “lofted” into the atmosphere. This raises the question in my mind, how far up does co2 go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvpenpBXAmM
The above link is a simple demonstration showing the physical activity of co2 in the atmosphere.
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