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For that particular rocket system, that is now three failures out of the last four launches. I'd be interested to know how the responsibility distributes between Orbital Sciences and NASA. That should be good for SpaceX. I wonder when SpaceX will go public...?

For those who're complaining that the satellite would have generated nothing but propaganda - science is the ONLY thing that will meaningfully debunk the CAGW scam. It is true that possibly the data could be manipulated before release, but I don't believe that kind of conspiracy can last and it would be incredibly damaging if such a conspiracy were to be revealed. See "Climategate".

One of the better reality checks on the climate alarmists are the satellite measurements of global average sea level. They are a direct measure of "true" global warming.