Concept information
Preferred term
NSDP
Definition
- The NASA Scientific Data Purchase (SDP) is a demonstration program developed in response to the President's Space Policy, directing NASA to purchase remote sensing data from the private sector. Initiated in fiscal year 1997, the SDP was funded under the Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Program to provide scientific data to the ESE science community. The โ million program is an opportunity to advance global-systems research, to strengthen the U.S. economy through development of remote sensing technologies, and to test a new way of doing business. The SDP is being managed by the NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate (ESAD) at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. ESAD's mission is to enhance U.S. economic competitiveness through development of remote sensing technologies. The spaceborne, airborne, and in-situ commercial remote sensing data being made available through the SDP program were identified as data sets that are needed and have high value to science. NASA, together with its commercial partners, is working to expand the resources available to the ESE science community in its quest for knowledge about the Earth and its changing environment. For more information, link to "http://www.esad.ssc.nasa.gov/datapurchase/" [Sumary provided by NASA] (en)
Broader concept
- M - O (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/fdf0f08c-4178-4c70-a0ad-b8d122938d2a
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