Critical Issues in NASA Information Systems Final Report to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1987) / Chapter Skim
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The following sentence from that Statement summarizes the basic assignment of the Committee: The Committee's initial task will be to identify critical issues on which NASA must act to ensure that its information systems activities lead to interoperabJe systems with a minimum of standardization, while providing for adaptability and growth.* The Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications provided further guidance on April 2, 1986, during the Committee's inaugural meeting.
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of the Act includes the foil owing functions: -- "Plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities; -- "Arrange for participation by the scientific community in planning scientific measurements and observations to be made through the use of aeronautical and space vehicles, and conduct or arrange for the conduct of such measurements and observations; and -- "Provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and results thereof." The Act also establishes objectives such as the following: (~) expansion of human knowledge; (2)
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Under this arrangement numerous successful missions, such as the.Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite System (GOES) , were launched, and their data systems generally met the needs of their own missions at the time.
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The ISO provides advice to the Associate Administrator, supports the science directorates, conducts studies on information systems applications and technology, operates the NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Space research missions conducted by the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology support the missions of the science directorates, and are influenced by them. The Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems supports the science directorates' missions through the space and ground network that includes the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS)
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Source: Issues and Recommendations Associated with Distributed Computation and Data Management Systems for the Space Sciences; Committee on Data Management and Computation, Space Science Board, NRC, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.; 1987. Figure 3 8
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MISSION STATUS Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite G H NOAA F-J Earth Radiation Budget Experiment LANDSAT D, D' Topography Experiment for Ocean Circulation Geopotential Research Mission Shuttle Imaging Radar B
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