Comments on: NPOESS back in the news http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=npoess-back-in-the-news Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: K Barker http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-17798 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:42:42 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-17798 Boys, we (scientists) try to do too much in one launch pop….smaller synchronized platforms offer flexibility and offer greater speed at reconstitution, as well as a chance to use up-to-date technologies that can be replinished quickly, given Moore’s Law. We also need to look into alternative launch methods. Too much at stake to not have alternatives in place.

]]> By: D. Messier http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-15024 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:54:22 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-15024 And in related news, our hurricane warning satellite could fail at any time, and a successor is probably nine years away:

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/hurricane-satellite-could-fail-any-time/20070612162209990003?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Excellent work, boys.

]]> By: Space Politics » Double-barreled hearing action today http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14763 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:03:15 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14763 […] the hopeful wishes of some commenters, the hearing likely to get more attention is the joint House-Senate hearing “Oversight Review […]

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14734 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:18:03 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14734 I wonder why the report was confidential? Jeff’s summary contains nothing that has not been in the news for a long time.

— Donald

]]> By: Nancy http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14720 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:57:57 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14720 I agree. For those, such as myself, who do not have a professional knowledge about space and politics, it is very boring and hard to understand.

]]> By: Chance http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14699 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:17:22 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/06/05/npoess-back-in-the-news/#comment-14699 NPOESS will get more attention. Frankly, the IG issue is boring to those of us with only a casual interest in space and/or politics. The NPOESS issue is more interesting in general and affects the environmental lobby, who have a built in constituancy to be alert to this type issue.

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