United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-07-11 monographic deposited born digital 53 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97 P0b002ee1803a5140 f:ns96097 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97 NSIAD-96-97 Space exploration Aerospace research Earth sciences research Earth resources satellites Research and development costs Mission budgeting Budget cuts NASA Earth Observing System NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Program U.S. Global Change Research Program NASA Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System U.S. Global Change Fellowship Program NASA Earth Observing System Data Information System NASA Mission to Planet Earth Program Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) plans for funding its Earth Observing System (EOS) and developing EOS-related basic research, focusing on: (1) the current number of EOS science investigations; (2) researchers' views on whether changes to EOS have adversely affected their ability to carry out their interdisciplinary earth sciences investigations; and (3) the Earth System Science Pathfinder program and its potential impact on future EOS investigations.<p/>GAO found that: (1) NASA funds 29 interdisciplinary science investigations that use data from EOS instruments in more than one earth science discipline; (2) to expand the EOS research community, NASA plans to maintain an open data access policy, add investigations, reevaluate current science investigations, and recruit new investigators; (3) most EOS interdisciplinary scientists believe that EOS budgetary reductions have little or no effect on their work; and (4) NASA plans to use anticipated savings resulting from improved technology to fund more investigations and request a total of $200 million over the next 4 fiscal years for its Earth System Science Pathfinder program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-97 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-97; Earth Observing System: Concerns Over NASA's Basic Research Funding Strategy; Space exploration Aerospace research Earth sciences research Earth resources satellites Research and development costs Mission budgeting Budget cuts NASA Earth Observing System NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Program U.S. Global Change Research Program NASA Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System U.S. Global Change Fellowship Program NASA Earth Observing System Data Information System NASA Mission to Planet Earth Program