NECROMAN: Sem ani nevedel co ktera delala. Z toho je mi do place.
Chandra je obzvlast obri pruser. Sbohem vesmire.
You’re referring to a set of important NASA and NOAA missions—many of which have been targeted for funding cuts or early termination due to shifting U.S. political priorities and budget constraints. If these missions are indeed canceled or left to “die by attrition” (e.g., no servicing, degraded data relay, or operational support), the scientific loss would be substantial across many disciplines.
Here’s a breakdown of what science we lose if each of these missions is cut:
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đź›° Earth & Climate Observation
1. Terra (2000– )
• Observes Earth’s energy budget, clouds, aerosols, land use, and vegetation.
• Loss: Multi-decade data continuity on climate, fires, droughts, and carbon cycles.
2. Aqua (2002– )
• Tracks water vapor, precipitation, sea ice, ocean evaporation, and temperature.
• Loss: Critical climate data for understanding water cycles and feedbacks.
3. Aura (2004– )
• Measures atmospheric chemistry, ozone depletion, and air quality.
• Loss: Global monitoring of ozone layer recovery and pollution tracking.
4. OCO-2 (2014– )
• Observes carbon dioxide concentration with precision.
• Loss: Vital for understanding carbon sources and sinks on a warming planet.
5. OCO-3 (2019– )
• Mounted on ISS, tracks localized CO₂ emissions.
• Loss: Urban and ecosystem carbon flux analysis, crucial for climate modeling.
6. SAGE III (2017– )
• Monitors stratospheric ozone, aerosols, and water vapor from ISS.
• Loss: Understanding of ozone recovery and upper atmosphere changes.
7. DSCOVR (2015– )
• Views Earth from Lagrange Point 1, provides solar wind data and full Earth images.
• Loss: Real-time space weather alerts and Earth energy imbalance tracking.
8. TIMED (2001– )
• Studies the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/mesosphere).
• Loss: Long-term understanding of how space weather and solar cycles affect our atmosphere.
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đź›° Planetary & Heliophysics
9. New Horizons (2006– )
• Flew past Pluto and continues exploring the Kuiper Belt.
• Loss: Once-in-a-generation deep solar system science; only probe out there now.
10. MAVEN (2014– )
• Studies Mars’ upper atmosphere and how it lost its water.
• Loss: Key to understanding atmospheric escape and Mars’ habitability history.
11. Juno (2016– )
• Orbiting Jupiter, revealing its deep structure, magnetic fields, and moons.
• Loss: Critical data on gas giant formation and magnetosphere evolution.
12. OSIRIS-APEX (formerly OSIRIS-REx)**
• After returning asteroid samples from Bennu, it’s headed to study Apophis.
• Loss: Planetary defense science and asteroid evolution modeling.
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đź›° Astrophysics & Space Weather
13. Chandra X-ray Observatory (1999– )
• Observes high-energy cosmic phenomena: black holes, supernovae, galaxy clusters.
• Loss: Irreplaceable X-ray view of the universe; key for multiwavelength astronomy.
14. Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (2008– )
• Tracks gamma-ray bursts, pulsars, and dark matter candidates.
• Loss: Critical for studying extreme cosmic events and fundamental physics.
15. IBEX (2008– )
• Maps the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space.
• Loss: Understanding of solar system shielding and cosmic ray filtering.
16. MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission) (2015– )
• Observes magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetosphere.
• Loss: Core insights into plasma physics, key to both space weather and fusion.
17. GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk) (2018– )
• Examines how space weather affects Earth’s upper atmosphere.
• Loss: Loss of space weather forecasting and atmospheric coupling models.
18. THEMIS-ARTEMIS (2007– )
• Dual-purpose: originally for substorm studies; now monitors lunar space weather.
• Loss: Space environment knowledge for future Moon missions (Artemis).
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Summary of Scientific Loss:
Domain Loss if Missions Are Cut
Climate & Earth Collapse in long-term datasets for temperature, carbon cycle, water vapor, ozone, air pollution, etc.
Space Weather Degraded early warnings for solar storms and poorer modeling of Earth’s magnetosphere.
Planetary Science No follow-up asteroid, Mars, or Jupiter data; key for habitability and planetary formation theories.
Astrophysics Loss of high-energy views of the cosmos; we would be blind in X-rays and gamma rays.
Heliophysics Poorer understanding of the Sun-Earth connection and boundary of solar system.
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Final Thought
These missions represent decades of consistent, irreplaceable data. If they’re all allowed to degrade or shut down, science doesn’t just lose instruments—it loses continuity, the most valuable asset in climate science, planetary evolution, and deep space astrophysics. Their loss would be a self-inflicted lobotomy of American space science, all to satisfy the short-term political spectacle.