White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite

Wednesday, August 06, 2025

The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. As NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up plans for terminating the two missions, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatories.

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Exclusive: The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees. By @rhersher.bsky.social

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-- NPR (@npr.org) Aug 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM

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Getting rid of any manner of scientific means to measure industrial pollution.

So that even when you're coughing in a smoggy haze, they can claim the air quality is green and you'll be just fine.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-05 11:43 AM

Donald Trump is a destructive man; an aggressive vandal.

It's all part of the mental illness he has. An illness that remains untreated, is getting worse, but is coddled by MAGA.

Not letting him off the hook in terms of character failings. That he's crazy merely increase what a work class bastard he is.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-05 11:50 AM

Pres Trump seems to enjoy, even revel in, shooting the messenger when he dislikes the message.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-05 12:14 PM

Weather? We'll tell you what the weather is, you fools.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-05 03:12 PM

FTA: "A 2023 review by NASA concluded that the data they'd been providing had been "of exceptionally high quality."

Those American taxpayer-funded satellites cost millions of dollars and we'll never get them back. America's Godzilla is destroying the US.

Earlier this year AIPAC Democrats stymied an impeachment bill against Trumpf because he attacked Iran's nuclear facilities. When will the Democratic Party rid itself of AIPAC so any and all impeachment bills against this madman occupying the White House go through?

Link:

abcnews.go.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-05 03:21 PM

#4: "Weather satellites? We don't need no stinkin' weather satellites!" ih1.redbubble.net

BTW: How'd you make out at Morongo? Make any dinero?

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-05 04:14 PM

Another big --. to the American farmers who use the satellite data.

#7 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-08-06 05:40 PM

JeffJ will be along any moment to tell us real farmers don't use satellite data.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-06 05:43 PM

Aren't there regulations concerning how to dispose of surplus government property?

#9 | Posted by TenMile at 2025-08-06 05:48 PM

JeffJ will be along any moment to tell us real farmers don't use satellite data.

#8 | Posted by snoofy

I've told him before that just because he's into sheep buggery doesn't make him a farmer but it does make him a sheep buggerer.

#10 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-08-06 05:53 PM

It makes absolutely no difference what Democrats do. As long as there are 41 Republican Senators, Trump will not be convicted of any impeachment charges.

#11 | Posted by mattm at 2025-08-06 05:57 PM

Aren't there regulations concerning how to dispose of surplus government property?

#9 | POSTED BY TENMILE

Regulations? That's a dirty word to maga maroons.

The Mad King don't need no stinking regulations.

And the Supremes support him in that.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-06 06:08 PM

The shortsightedness and stupidity of conservatives is baffling.

They're literally destroying this country in order to satisfy Trump's ego.

Ignoring reality doesn't make it go away. It just prevents us from being prepared for it.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-06 06:12 PM

So now we have to rely on other countries for factual information.

Good job trumpers.

#14 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-08-06 07:55 PM

"I told my people, slow the testing down please." This moron thought shutting down testing would cure COVID at a time when hospitals were overflowing and over 3000 people per day were dying from the disease in this country. This is the same thing, stop observing the symptoms of global climate change and presto, problem solved, at least until the fat old pedo finally succumbs to his diet.

#15 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2025-08-07 11:36 AM

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