Fate deals cruel blow to NASA CO2 satellite

That's a nice way of putting it. The module carrying the satellite failed to separate from the rocket after launch, which probably means it ended up in the sea. I wonder if it was unintentionally exposed to James Hansen before launch and it blew a fuse? Just for good measure, The West Australian throws in the usual climate BS:

It is NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide. In January, Japan launched a satellite on a similar mission.

Carbon dioxide is the leading greenhouse gas driving climate change.

I wonder if they'll have a chance to build another one before the whole AGW hoax is revealed? Maybe Hansen could contribute a few bucks from his enormous GISS budget?

Read it here.

The BBC's gushing article about the satellite (plus a lot of climate BS as well) back in December is here.