How much more money does the government plan to spend on our already costly weather satellites?”
The Committee plans to examine these overarching questions: …. But schedule slips in operational weather satellites can have much more serious … In general, the government has several options: it can dedicate more money to the … in cost is due strictly to the ExCom’s decision not to spend any additional money …
The Obama administration plans to spend an additional $100 million on a weather satellite program that a congressional watchdog agency says has been beset by mismanagement, delays and cost overruns. The administration wants the extra money in fiscal year 2010, which begins in October, for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, a cluster of satellites designed for weather forecasts and climate research. The infusion of cash, which would raise the program’s 2010 spending to $382 million, would come even though the satellites are at least $8 billion over budget and the launch of the first satellite will be at least five years late, according to a June 17 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a watchdog office of Congress.
