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Land remote sensing in the 1980'sA discussion is presented concerning U.S. governmental funding policy for the Land Remote Sensing programs, in which the Landsat spacecraft and the research and development activities associated with them are essential elements. Even if present program management practices were to be changed in the next 1-2 years, the investment of significant amounts of private capital in land remote sensing may be 3-5 years away, due to the immaturity of the prospective markets for the services rendered and the present state of technological development. It is judged that even if NASA is successful in bringing significant private investment into remote sensing activities by the mid-1980s, government must continue to support basic research and expensive technology development in long term and high risk, but potentially high payoff, areas which the still-developing remote sensing industry cannot afford.
Document ID
19830053584
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thome, P. G.
(NASA Resource Observation Div. Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Law, Political Science And Space Policy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Remote sensing: An input to geographic information systems in the 1980
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Start Date: October 18, 1981
End Date: October 21, 1981
Accession Number
83A34802
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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