While the crash of NASA’s $278 million Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite in February 2009 was a step back, U.S. President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget request includes $170 million for a replacement craft. Meanwhile, private companies such as Google are developing software that advances satellite measurements of carbon emissions.
Habang ang mga pag-crash ng $ 278,000,000 NASA orbital Carbon Observatory satellite noong Pebrero 2009 ay isang hakbang sa likod, piskal na taon US President Barack Obama ng 2011 badyet kahilingan nagsasama $ 170,000,000 para sa isang kapalit craft. Samantala, ang mga pribadong kumpanya tulad ng Google ay pagbuo ng software na paglago measurements ng carbon emissions satellite.