Space Data: NASA's Future Data Volumes Create Formidable Challenges

Abstract

NASA missions will soon generate quantities of data never before encountered. Between 1990 and 2000, the volume of data archived will rise by over 5,600 percent. Because the information systems now in place will be unable to support NASA's future processing and storage requirements, NASA is pursuing a number of major projects and initiatives that will use advanced data storage technologies. For example, to accommodate much of its future storage requirements, NASA plans to design and construct a complex information system called the Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS). Designed to support the estimated $38 billion Earth Observing System (EOS) program, EOSDIS will use an advanced mass storage system-not yet developed-to meet its anticipated need for storing and retrieving more than 1,000 times the amount of information now stored in the Library of Congress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245541

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Compact Disks
  • Computers
  • Data Centers
  • Data Management
  • Data Sets
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Earth Sciences
  • Information Systems
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Mass Storage
  • Solar System
  • Space Flight
  • Space Sciences
  • Standards
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Space