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Data Policy Issues and Barriers to Using Commercial Resources for Mission to Planet Earth
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.
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Contents
Preface
Summary
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Study Objectives and Activities
Mission to Planet Earth Background
Data Policy Issues
Remote Sensing as Electronic Commerce
Finding Common Ground
Observations and Recommendations
Appendix A:
Intellectual Property
Appendix B:
Spectrum Allocation
Appendix C:
Summary of Data Policies
Appendix D:
Workshop Summary
Appendix E:
MTPE Survey Memorandum
Bibliography
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