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POLITICS PUTS $100 MILLION SATELLITE ON ICE
by Decius at 5:29 pm EST, Nov 15, 2006

NASA has spent almost $100 million in taxpayer money to build a satellite that is headed for a storage bin in Maryland.
Triana was scheduled for a November flight into space, where it would measure ozone in the Earth's atmosphere while also beaming round-the-clock photos of Earth to the Internet.
But now, some fear it may never fly.
The cause of the costly hibernation: presidential politics and conflicting views -- many of them partisan...

LAUNCH IT!

POLITICS PUTS $100 MILLION SATELLITE ON ICE
by Rattle at 6:31 pm EST, Nov 15, 2006

NASA has spent almost $100 million in taxpayer money to build a satellite that is headed for a storage bin in Maryland.
Triana was scheduled for a November flight into space, where it would measure ozone in the Earth's atmosphere while also beaming round-the-clock photos of Earth to the Internet.
But now, some fear it may never fly.
The cause of the costly hibernation: presidential politics and conflicting views -- many of them partisan...

LAUNCH IT!

If for no other reason then tax payers should see some ROI out of the project. This sounds like partisan politics leading to a pair of blinders willfully being put on the public.