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Howard Lutnick: “The National Weather Service is now going to buy data…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Mark Alford Asks Howard Lutnick About Planned Modernization Efforts At NOAA

Published | Video Starts at 02:15

We had satellites. We used the data we had for satellites. We'd launch balloons. We used the data that we captured from balloons. We have our own tracking aircraft. We are … The National Weather Service is now going to buy data available on commercial satellites. … data, right? Have unmanned aircraft that can go into the hurricane and stay there without the risk of loss of life. Think of how much better that is. (02:15–02:20)

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Asserts that the National Weather Service will purchase data from commercial satellites.

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