PULLING THE PLUG
NASA has decided to shut down the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) on Sept. 24 to save the $10 million a year it costs to operate the 10-year-old spacecraft for other Earth Science projects. Eight of the satellite's 10 instruments are still working, but there are no funds in the federal...
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