Data policy issues and barriers to using commercial resources for Mission to Planet Earth
By: Scott Pace, Brant Sponberg, Molly Macauley.
Contributors: Macauley, Molly K.; Sponberg, Brant.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.; United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy.; Science and Technology Policy Institute (Rand Corporation)
Series: The RAND documented briefing series; Documented briefing (Rand Corporation)
Publisher: RAND
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Mission to Planet Earth (Program); Earth sciences -- Research -- Government policy -- United States.; Earth sciences -- United States -- Remote sensing -- Finance.; Science and industry -- United States.; Industrial policy -- United States.
Other titles: Mission to Planet Earth
Description: The United States is pursuing several major initiatives aimed at characterizing and understanding the interactions between localities and global change in the environment. The largest single effort in this research is NASA's Mission to Planet Earth and a planned system of satellites and ground networks known as the Earth Observation System. This RAND study assesses the data policy issues and barriers to using commercial resources to support the objectives of this program. Its main objectives were to provide an overview of U.S. and international data policy issues affecting remote sensing data, to identify potential data policy barriers to the use of commercial remote sensing data in NASA's program, and to provide recommendations on how NASA and private industry may be able to reduce barriers to the use of commercial remote sensing to meet the needs of NASA and broader U.S. policy objectives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248).
"Science and Technology Policy Institute."
"Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Office of Science and Technology Policy."