Space Operations: NASA is Not Properly Safeguarding Valuable Data from Past Missions : Report to the Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives |
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Page 49 - This research is supported by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service under grant NA07EC0676. The views, opinions, and findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or US Government position, policy, or decision. References 1. HH Aumann and L.
Page 10 - Issues and Recommendations Associated with Distributed computation and Data Management Systems for the Space Sciences.
Page 14 - MO 63130 bCenter for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 cThe Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 "Nova R&D, 1525 Third St.
Page 2 - NASA'S and other federal agencies' data management and archival activities. Results in Brief Currently, hundreds of thousands of tapes containing space science data are stored under deplorable conditions. Furthermore, NASA needs to improve its management of tape archiving and storage activities.
Page 11 - Based on the scope, expected growth and dominance of this problem, it is anticipated that the future ability of NASA to function and perform meaningful space and earth related research will be significantly affected by its inability to manage and use its collected information to derive knowledge.
Page 34 - CODMAC noted that: data system and data analysis, including data archiving, were not adequately funded; data archives generally contained insufficient or inaccurate information about the archived data; data management responsibilities for both during and/or post mission phases were not clearly identified; archived data were often destroyed without consultation with the scientific community; and in some cases data acquired from past missions have not been properly archived.
Page 2 - Under the Act, NARA is responsible for adequacy of documentation and records disposition and GSA is responsible for economy and efficiency in records management. NARA regulations are codified in this subchapter. GSA records management regulations are codified in 41 CFR part 102-193.
Page 65 - Comments from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration The following are GAO's comments on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration letter dated December 20, 2002.
Page 10 - In fact, two of the missions, the Earth Observing System and the Hubble Space Telescope are expected to generate more data than NASA has collected over the past 30 years.
Page 48 - ... a mechanism exists for obtaining input from the scientific community on what types of space science data should be preserved and archived.