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pfdietzyesterday at 9:37 PM1 replyview on HN

It's in the interest of NASA (and the ESA) to hype the importance of the magnetosphere. After all, they are given money to investigate it, so the more important it is perceived, the more money they can expect to get.


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andsoitistoday at 4:21 AM

> It's in the interest of NASA (and the ESA) to hype the importance of the magnetosphere. After all, they are given money to investigate it

I don’t know that that is a good reason to cause you to you think they’re lying.

NASA also extensively investigates Earth's atmosphere.

They use missions like Aura, CALIPSO, and upcoming ones like AOS and INCUS to monitor ozone, clouds, aerosols, and storms, providing crucial data for forecasts and climate science.