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    The DSCOVR satellite can answer critical questions about global warming, including whether or not it's a fantasy. It has been built and paid for but it's been sitting in a Marlyand warehouse for years. There are no plans to launch it,even though both France and Ukraine have offered to do so for free. NASA won't say why. Can you find out?

    Asked by: Chris D. from Columbia, MD. Received 30 Votes.
    Categories: Environment. Tags: climate change · global warming · NASA · satellite · science.
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    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)

    Yeah, the Deep Space Climate Observatory is a NASA satellite that was originally proposed by then Vice President Al Gore. One of the purposes was to provide a continuous picture of the earth from 1.5 km away in space. Critics have argued that the satellite would beam, essentially, an overpriced screen saver of earth that was not the best use of NASA dollars that could be spent on perhaps more pressing matters like monitoring the climate and life sciences etc.

    Answered on Jul 25th, 2008 More

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