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Hurricane Forecasting Satellite Could Fail Anytime
National News • June 14, 2007
An aging U.S. weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
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| RE: Why did the Bushies push back replacement of this? | DWT | Jun 15, 2007, 10:13 am |
| RE: Send Jessie J. & Rosie up there with binoculars and a ra | steved | Jun 14, 2007, 2:18 pm |
| Send Jessie J. & Rosie up there with binoculars and a radio. | Realist | Jun 14, 2007, 1:11 pm |
| Whats the Big Prob? | Blowhard | Jun 14, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| Why did the Bushies push back replacement of this? | Rosie | Jun 14, 2007, 1:01 pm |
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Subject: RE: Why did the Bushies push back replacement of this?
If we were talking about a significant difference I might agree, but I can't see where anyone could consider this cost effective.
Who knows, maybe by 2012 when they start building the new satellite there may be better technology that will let us improve our predictions by 20%.