The agency still maintains its commitment to studying climate change.
"Decisions like this are difficult, but NASA is dedicated to making careful choices with the resources provided by the people of the United States," Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science, said in
."We look forward to accomplishing our commitment to state-of-the-art climate observation in a more efficient and cost-effective way."According to NASA's statement, the decision to end GeoCarb was due to"technical concerns, cost performance and availability of new alternative data sources." The most recent anticipated cost of GeoCarb was $600 million, much higher than the mission's original $170.9 million estimate.
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