Report Calls for Renewed National Commitment to Space-Based Earth Observations (Forwarded)

National Academies
Washington, D.C.

January 16, 2007

Report Calls for Renewed National Commitment to Space-Based Earth
Observations

Half of the country's environmental satellites will stop working by 2010,
which could lead to a loss of data used to study climate change, predict
natural disasters, and monitor land use. NASA and NOAA should secure
long-term funding to maintain existing and previously planned satellite
missions and to undertake a set of 17 new missions between 2010 and 2020,
says a new National Research Council report.

Full report available at
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11820.html