Decision To Cancel NASA Seismic-Tracking Radar Satellite Was Made Top-Down

'According to a senior U.S. intelligence official, the decision by President Obama to cancel the DESDynI LIDAR and radar satellites, that would have tracked earthquake and volcanic activities from space, was not the work of some accountant hack at the Office of Management and Budget.

The issue was studied by the President's top science advisor, Dr. John Holdren, and it was the President's science advisory board that recommended that the program be scrapped, according to the source, who closely tracks these issues.'

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