$433 million satellite lost at sea

$433 million satellite lost at sea

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

LOS ANGELES - A NASA mission to monitor global warming from space ended on Tuesday when a satellite plunged into the ocean near Antarctica minutes after launch.

An equipment malfunction was apparently to blame, officials said.

The loss of the $US280 million ($AU433 million) mission came a month after Japan launched the world's first spacecraft to track global warming emissions.

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This couldn't have come at a worst time. I doubt NASA will have much money soon for these sorts of things given the global financial crash. It is also embarrassing for NASA given Japan and China have been launching quite a few rockets without any problems. Maybe we will see NASA and the USA taken over as the premium space agency. Such a pity...

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[edit on 3/3/09 by WatchNLearn]

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