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Nasas Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding as the president-elect seeks to shift focus away from home in favor of deep space exploration
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research?CMP=share_btn_tw
Donald Trump is poised to eliminate all climate change research conducted by Nasa as part of a crackdown on politicized science, his senior adviser on issues relating to the space agency has said.
Nasas Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding in favor of exploration of deep space, with the president-elect having set a goal during the campaign to explore the entire solar system by the end of the century.
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This would mean the elimination of Nasas world-renowned research into temperature, ice, clouds and other climate phenomena. Nasas network of satellites provide a wealth of information on climate change, with the Earth science divisions budget set to grow to $2bn next year. By comparison, space exploration has been scaled back somewhat, with a proposed budget of $2.8bn in 2017.
Bob Walker, a senior Trump campaign adviser, said there was no need for Nasa to do what he has previously described as politically correct environmental monitoring.
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MFM008
(19,816 posts)to choke to death on a turkey bone.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)please
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)MFM008
(19,816 posts)wont last a second term.
The maggot is a special case.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I guess weather doesn't matter to Trump, either. That line of satellites is part of the Earth Sciences division.
What Trump doesn't know is going to hurt us. And there's so much he doesn't know.