Code Red
About
WyBlog, the best thing about New Jersey since the invention of the 24 hour diner.
Chris Wysocki
Caldwell, NJ
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
Subscribe
Recent Posts
Recent Comments (RSS)
Twitter Feed
Blogroll
Links
Linkiest
CH 2.0 Info Center
The Jersey Report
Labor Union Report
Memeorandum
Net Right Nation
The Patriot Post Newsletter
Pajamas Media
PJTV
Victor Davis Hanson
J! E! T! S! Jets! Jets! Jets!
OpenVMS.org Portal
AVS Forum
NJ.com Caldwell Forum
The Caldwells Patch
The Jersey Tomato Press
![[socia.list]](http://wyblog.us/images/socia_list-1-200x75.jpg)
Badges
Link to me
Feedjit
Search WyBlog
The Party of "No"
Fair Use Notice
"This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. It is being made available in an effort to advance the understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, social issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit for research and educational purposes."
Hey! I've moved to He's Pretty Fly For A Jersey Guy.
Please update your bookmarks. Thanks!
Monday, 03 December 2012
NOAA storm-spotting satellites are about to fail, replacements uncertain due to cost overruns
The two main satellites used to predict hurricanes and storm tracks are expected to fail in 2016. NASA has, of course, know this for years.
Their replacements might launch in 2017. Maybe. If red tape, department infighting, and budget issues don't delay them further.
These satellites are quickly moving toward the end of their lifespan and their replacements, part of the forthcoming Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), won't be launched until 2017, at the earliest.
In the last year, two federal government assessments, along with a third conducted by a team of outside experts, questioned the program's $12.9 billion price tag and offered a scathing review of the project's management, describing it as a bureaucratic logjam that drove up costs and pushed back launch dates.
Well, to be fair, NASA is pre-occupied with Muslim Outreach. Those guys, they need all the help they can get with building rockets. And Obama is determined to give it to them too. It's Smart Diplomacy, and trust him, you don't really need to understand it.
Maybe when the Muslims perfect their rockets we can send them on a manned mission to the sun. Don't worry, they'll land at night!
As for the sad state of our weather forecasting satellites, well, whatcha gonna do? Our Dear Leader can't ride herd on every dysfunctional bureaucratic behemoth, can he? He's got vacationing to do! And free contraceptives to pass out! Meanwhile, Steve Chu, who's supposed to pay attention to this stuff, is merrily playing Santa Claus to the green energy dreamer brigades. They've got money to burn!
Talking about the weather,
that's Public Policy, even when the talkers blatantly
make shit up. Launching satellites to gather actual data? Nah, where's
the fun in that?
Posted at 09:53 by Chris Wysocki
[/tech]
Comments | Perm Link |
Technorati Tags:
NOAA
NASA
Obama
weather
|
Tweet
| Previous: Liberal logic: "Why do YOU want to pay Mitt Romney"s taxes?" | Next: The GOP "Doomsday" plan for the fiscal cliff spells doom for the GOP |
| Main | |