Apr 24 1980
From The Space Library
The Department of Commerce (DOC) reported that more than 700 representatives of business firms, trade associations, educational institutions, and state and local government agencies had responded to NOAA's request for assistance in developing a national civil operational land remote-sensing satellite system.
At March meetings in Seattle, Chicago, Tallahassee, Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, NOAA satellite managers received many suggestions for using such a system in food production, mineral exploration, land-use planning, resource assessment and management, and environmental protection. Wilbur H. Eskite, Jr., of NOAA's task force, who chaired the meetings, said that interest in an operational system offering a continuity of data within specific timeframes was "larger than we had believed" before the meetings [see April 6].
Questions raised at the meetings that would require policy decisions included what instruments to carry into orbit, their capabilities, how quickly and in what form users should receive the data, and whether education and government agencies should pay the same fees for data as profit-making companies. The White House made NOAA responsible last November for moving to an operational program of satellite remote sensing. (NOAA Release 80-55)
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