Local Findings Show Nothing Warm About Antarctica

The centrepiece satellite of Nasa’s $280 million climate-change mission crashed into the sea near Antarctica today after a launch failure, delivering a blow to the agency’s attempts to understand global warming.

The carbon dioxide-monitoring satellite was fired on a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, but after blasting through the Earth’s atmosphere it fell short of its orbiting height and plummeted back towards the sea.

The orbiting carbon observatory (OCO) satellite was designed to map carbon dioxide on Earth to provide an important step forward for scientists attempting to understand climate change.

2 Responses to “$273M Satellite to Study Global Warming Gases Lost, Crashes Near Antarctica”

  1. Victoria said

    Leave it to scientists to screw things up!

  2. Nick said

    Does the American public get a refund on that? Maybe we paid with a credit card and we can just cancel the card?

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