I disagree. Without monitoring from satellites for example we would not have nearly the volumes of evidence we currently have of climate change, deforestation

I disagree. Without monitoring from satellites for example we would not have nearly the volumes of evidence we currently have of climate change, deforestation and pollution etc. If we did not have this data these issues would be ignored and swept under the rug even more so than they currently are. Finding ways to make this less expensive is a good thing.