I thought the about page was rather good and the political points interesting.<p>tl;dr he argues we can get this data from a Japanese satellite rather than US ones because the climate denial folk have blocked funding.<p>In linked material:<p>&gt;[the House of Representatives, led by Republicans] slashed Earth science funding by $260 million and added extra money for planetary science that the agency did not ask for. For example, nasa requested $30 million for a robotic mission to Jupiter&#x27;s icy moon, Europa, but the House gave it $140 million.