The White House's directive to NASA to terminate the Orbiting Carbon Observatories missions is a concerning move that disregards scientific evidence and potential legal violations. These satellites provide crucial data on carbon dioxide distribution, benefiting industries like oil, gas, and agriculture by offering insights into greenhouse gas emissions and crop health. Terminating missions that have been deemed exceptionally valuable by NASA's own review, and that operate on a relatively modest $15 million annual budget, seems economically unsound and ideologically driven. This unilateral decision appears to prioritize an anti-science agenda over the nation's interests in environmental monitoring and leadership in space exploration. It potentially contravenes existing budget allocations, raising questions about its legality. Lawmakers have already voiced opposition, highlighting the catastrophic impact such cuts could have on severe weather forecasting, climate disaster management, and the United States' preeminence in space science. I urge you to reconsider this directive and uphold NASA's critical Earth observation missions. Preserving access to objective scientific data is vital for informed policymaking and ensuring the nation's long-term environmental, economic, and scientific interests are safeguarded. Terminating invaluable resources like the Orbiting Carbon Observatories based on ideological grounds would be a disservice to the nation's future.
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