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NASA: America has stopped funding two big missions of NASA. These missions kept an eye on carbon dioxide and health of crops.
Trump closed two important missions of NASA.Why are these missions being closed?
Every year the US government presents its budget, in which it is decided how much will be spent on which works. This time no money has been kept for these two missions in the budget of 2026. This means that their funding will be stopped and the missions will stop. Both these missions were of NASA and their name was “Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission”.
What NASA said?
A statement has been issued by NASA. It said that these missions are being closed now because there is no place for the President’s plan and budget priorities. That is, the government no longer wants to spend on such missions. This decision is directly related to the policies of Trump administration.
David Crisp, a retired NASA scientist, expressed displeasure over the decision. He says that these missions used the most accurate and advanced technology compared to any country. There is no other system in the world that can give such clean and correct information. Crisp has called these missions ‘national property’. They believe that their closure will be a big mistake, because they used to get very important information related to the environment.
What was revealed from these missions?
These missions have given many shocking information to scientists so far. For example, it was previously believed that the forest of Amazon absorbs carbon dioxide in large quantities. But these missions showed that he gives more emissions than he absorbs. On the other hand, the forests of Russia, Canada and those areas where snow are melting, they are absorbing carbon dioxide in large quantities.
