Why A Project NASA Rejected Became Their Longest Running Satellite Program

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Landsat 9 launched yesterday becoming the latest installment in the program which began in the 1960's and the funny thing is NASA initially didn't want to do it and there's been attempts to spin it off as a commercial venture. However the program is easily the best investment in space technology the US has made, helping steer trillions of dollars worth of decisions on agriculture, land use, development and more.

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