Posted on 11/23/2016 9:06:27 PM PST by Innovative
Donald Trump is poised to eliminate all climate change research conducted by Nasa as part of a crackdown on “politicized science”, his senior adviser on issues relating to the space agency has said.
Nasa’s Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding in favor of exploration of deep space, with the president-elect having set a goal during the campaign to explore the entire solar system by the end of the century.
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This would mean the elimination of Nasa’s world-renowned research into temperature, ice, clouds and other climate phenomena. Nasa’s network of satellites provide a wealth of information on climate change, with the Earth science division’s budget set to grow to $2bn next year. By comparison, space exploration has been scaled back somewhat, with a proposed budget of $2.8bn in 2017.
Bob Walker, a senior Trump campaign adviser, said there was no need for Nasa to do what he has previously described as “politically correct environmental monitoring”.
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You are right about Corningware and Teflon, however, there are plenty of other spin-offs from the space program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spin-off_technologies
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Little that is born of the space program is of significant non-military value, no matter how the space-ophants try to spin it.
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I am not a Moon landing skeptic but they could have easily sent those reflectors up there without man (i.e. rover)
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