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Air Force Advocates Continued NPOESS Funding, Warns Over Launch Costs

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Friday, March 12th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Funding for development of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) should be sustained until a Defense Department requirements review for future weather satellites is completed, Air Force officials told lawmakers this week. "We need to continue that work for NASA's utility and the Air Force's utility," Gary Payton, the Air Force deputy undersecretary for space programs, told the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee during a March 10 hearing on Pentagon space program. The Obama…

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