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It sucks that we lost contact.
But the mission is not a complete failure, a whole lot of data were collected. We will get better for the next one.
In the grand scheme of things $40m isn't that much, and you could use carbon credit money to fund another. If the intent is to catch carbon generators not paying their share, surely you could recoup the cost.
@Dave @absGeekNZ, shouldn't we also consider whether it's necessary to pollute to find out more about pollution?
If successful and we confirm what we already know, how much will this contribute to effective change?
Is this the best use of $ for its cause?
I think this is a valid concern; but you have to look at the challenge of measuring the emissions over the entire country.
There is no other way to capture this data.
@absGeekNZ, a good start is targeting the biggest polluters though, isn't it?