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2. Models for Providing Remote Sensing Data for Scientific Research
Pages 16-21

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... an international consortium.2 In the decade since the 1992 act, the federal government and private sector have explored the first three of the four approaches; an international consortium has not yet been attempted. Although these four models were suggested specifically as options for the Landsat follow-on, they also provide a useful framework for considering the institutional arrangements for providing new remote sensing data for scientific research.
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From page 17...
... allows for the Secretary of Commerce to issue licenses to private sector parties to operate private remote sensing systems. Presidential Decision Directive 23 lays out the terms for licensing and operation of private remote sensing systems.
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From page 18...
... 8For further background on the debate over whether or not to privatize Landsat, see a report by the Office of Technology Assessment, u.s. congress, Remote Sensing and the Private Sector: Issues for Discussion, A Technical Memorandum, Washington, D.C., U.S.
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From page 19...
... for both scientific and commercial applications.l2 However, potential industrial partners did not believe that a viable market existed for data from a "system that focused primarily on meeting the NASA science requirements," and they declined to participate.l3 In addition, a proposed remote sensing venture between the Office of Naval Research and the private sector for a hyperspectral imager, the Naval EarthMap Observer (NEMO) satellite, faces challenges resulting from the commercial partner's difficulties in attracting 9John M
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From page 20...
... Though the pnvate vendor owned and operated the satellite and could sell the data commercially, the guaranteed purchase of data by the government enabled the company to obtain the pnvate sector capital it needed to develop the system. Unlike SeaWiFS, which was developed to meet science data needs, the SDB program acquires data from pnvate sector firms including both operational satellite and aerial remote sensing firms whose primary market is commercial and applied users, rather than researchers.
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From page 21...
... A number of reports from the National Research Council have focused on the role of government programs in providing remote sensing data for scientific research (Model 1~. These include Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade20 and several report of the Space Studies Board.21 The focus of the steering committee' s discussions and of the workshop was publicpnvate sector partnerships (Model 3~.
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