Name: Anonymous 2005-10-10 16:15
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4326386.stm
"Duncan Wingham told BBC News the data the satellite was seeking on the state of the Earth's ice cover was essential to our understanding of climate change.
"You have to see [the replacement cost] in context," he said. "There is a cost in not knowing what is going on and in the end that's an even larger cost."
Cryosat fell into the Arctic Ocean shortly after Saturday's blast-off.
"
"It was the first of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer missions - relatively low-cost projects designed to obtain quick answers to important environmental questions."
"Duncan Wingham told BBC News the data the satellite was seeking on the state of the Earth's ice cover was essential to our understanding of climate change.
"You have to see [the replacement cost] in context," he said. "There is a cost in not knowing what is going on and in the end that's an even larger cost."
Cryosat fell into the Arctic Ocean shortly after Saturday's blast-off.
"
"It was the first of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer missions - relatively low-cost projects designed to obtain quick answers to important environmental questions."