http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 18:56:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/dying-old-satellites-jeopardiz.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/dying-old-satellites-jeopardiz.html#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:18:31 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=190732 In the NYT, a story about "endangered satellites" that orbit the earth and provide essential data for tracking storms like Hurricane Sandy. But because of "years of mismanagement, lack of financing and delays in launching replacements," they could begin falling apart—with no functional plan in sight to maintain those resources.]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/29/dying-old-satellites-jeopardiz.html/feed 11