Virgin Galactic to study climate change
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Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism business, Virgin Galactic, has teamed up with The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to research climate change.
Virgin Galactic is looking into the possibility of using its vehicles to fly NOAA science instruments into space to collect data on atmospheric composition - particularly CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
“To my mind there is no greater or more immediate challenge than that posed by climate change,” said Branson. “It’s therefore more than fitting that the very first science to be conducted on board our new vehicles may be specifically directed at
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