mike-foley t1_j1n088e wrote on December 25, 2022 at 7:13 PM

Reply to comment by laserwolf2000 in NASA to Get $25.4 Billion in 2023 Federal Budget by Corbulo2526

That’s my point. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should be budgeted for this and they could use some of that budget to hire NASA to take care of the launching of necessary. NASA should be looking outward, NOAA should be looking inward. So much of our climate is affected by the water that covers this planet.

patrickisnotawesome t1_j1ntvt7 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 11:11 PM

So NOAA does have some space missions (like the GOES weather satellites), but instead of standing up a whole new space design, acquisition, and management arm within NOAA, NASA tends to manage the day to day construction and operations of these missions. This ensures the taxpayers aren’t paying for two separate civilian agencies with redundant capabilities. NOAA gets to work on earth science (their expertise) and NASA builds and flys spacecraft (their expertise). It’s a win-win