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6 Congressional Testimony
Pages 116-117

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From page 116...
... Michael Freilich, Director, Earth Science Division, NASA, and Nancy Colleton, President, Institute for Global Environment Strategies and Executive Director, Alliance for Earth Observations also testified. The prepared statements of Berrien Moore and Otis Brown are reprinted here, and all of the statements are available at
From page 117...
... Busalacchi, Jr., chair of the SSB Panel on Options to Ensure the Climate Record from NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft and the ad hoc Committee on a Strategy to Mitigate the Impact of Sensor Descopes and Demanifests on the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft, testified on the budgetary, management, and schedule risks of weather and environmental satellite systems, as well as the potential lost capabilities in climate monitoring, modeling, and forecasting that are possible under the current program. His prepared statement is also available at


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