The Trump administration will remove ocean and air pollution monitoring instruments from the upcoming fleet of weather satellites, and cut the number of satellites, as well.
Sadly, that’s not how any of this works. They can’t just add fundamental functionality and censors in a firmware update on January 21st 2029 if there’s still even presidential elections then.
Besides, who knows if any of it will even still work after all the accelerant the fascists are throwing on the fire?
Except for the fact that weather satellites aren’t iPhones: there’s not a new generation every year or even every decade and they’re nowhere near as upgradable as (some) consumer electronics.
I hope the only disable it with the intent of re-enabling it the moment this asshole isn’t in power anymore.
Sadly, that’s not how any of this works. They can’t just add fundamental functionality and censors in a firmware update on January 21st 2029 if there’s still even presidential elections then.
Besides, who knows if any of it will even still work after all the accelerant the fascists are throwing on the fire?
Yes, they can. Source: we do this all the time.
Except for the fact that weather satellites aren’t iPhones: there’s not a new generation every year or even every decade and they’re nowhere near as upgradable as (some) consumer electronics.