3 ms·
What agency do you suggest would be more appropriate to build space platforms to monitor surface temperatures, ice sheet extent &c of planets? To me it seems l
by jakewins 10y ago
What agency do you suggest would be more appropriate to build space platforms to monitor surface temperatures, ice sheet extent &c of planets?
To me it seems like planetary-level data gathering and exploration is exactly what NASAs mission is. Running analysis platforms on the closest available planet seems like an eminently reasonable way to iterate on system design.
- soneil 10y agoHonestly, NOAA. It’s basically their raison d’etra. They can outsource platforms to boeing and launches to whoever, just as easily as NASA can. I hate to sound like I’m agreeing with Trump on .. pretty much anything. But if we can hand NOAA’s tasks to NOAA, the airforce’s tasks to the airforce, commercialize “routine” orbital access - and free NASA up for actual exploration .. I don’t think I’d be opposed to that. Just as long as we’re actually enabling them (and funding them) to do so, and not actually downsizing any of the above.