cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/45614563
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5763205
One is attached to the International Space Station, and the other is collecting data as a stand-alone satellite. The latter would meet its permanent demise after burning up in the atmosphere if the mission were to be terminated.
A 2023 review by NASA concluded that the data they’d been providing had been “of exceptionally high quality.”
The observatories provide detailed carbon dioxide measurements across various locations, allowing scientists to get a detailed glimpse of how human activity is affecting greenhouse gas emissions.
(Ex NASA employee) David Crisp said it “makes no economic sense to terminate NASA missions that are returning incredibly valuable data,” pointing out it costs only $15 million per year to maintain both observatories, a tiny fraction of the agency’s $25.4 billion budget.
Don’t do it; not like they can destroy it without you!
I wouldn’t be so sure. I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to nuke it and EMPs the entire world, then with some Olympic level mental gymnastics, blames the Dems for his stupidity
Look what they made me do
I mean, even though the ‘baddies’ are in power… refusing a directive/order like that would still be considered ‘treason’.
Giving that order should be treason.
Establishing that the elected President is the treasonous one is much harder than the guy refusing the order. Especially when the other two separate but equal branches are enabling him.
No it’s not. It’s maybe grounds for firing, but not doing what your boss says is not treason.
So it’s treason then
Sure seems like they aren’t prosecuting people for reason anymore.