Jeff Bezos-backed $88m methane satellite missing in space

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1. This is like when I lose a quarter in the seat cushions

2. So about a half a day worth of income for him?

3. That’s unfortunate because tracking methane plumes on land assists in management.

   >The MethaneSat satellite, which had backing from Google and billionaire Jeff Bezos, was launched only last year aboard an Elon Musk SpaceX rocket.

   >It was meant to collect data for five years on sources of the powerful greenhouse gas, which is responsible for nearly a third of human-induced warming, to help curtail the worst offenders.

   >The Environment Defense Fund, the NGO which oversees the satellite, said that communication was lost ten days ago and is currently undertaking an investigation into what happened.

   Edit to add:
   >The main sources of methane are from oil and gas production, farming and food decomposition in landfill.

4. Smells fishy. I’m sure the subjects that were to be observed had nothing to do with its disappearance

5. Kessler Syndrome next day delivery

6. After regulations got gutted? Interesting.

7. I’m sure Bezos is very worried about this. “Oh no!”

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