99 -- NASA, OFFICE OF EARTH SCIENCE, COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING PROGRAM AT JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER COLLABORATIVE CHARACTERIZATION AND VALIDATION OF SCIENTIFIC COMMERCIAL DATA

Notice Date

September 27, 2000

Contracting Office

NASA Procurement Office, Code DA00, Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS 39529-6000

ZIP Code

39529-6000

E-Mail Address

Thomas Stanley (tstanley@ssc.nasa.gov)

Description

The Commercial Remote Sensing Program (CRSP) at Stennis Space Center has a long history of collaborating with the U.S. remote sensing industry. Through years of experience, CRSP has developed an understanding of industry capabilities and has focused on ways to leverage these capabilities together with the needs of NASA. This leveraging has resulted in mutually beneficial partnerships between the government and private sector. In recent years CRSP has participated in the preliminary definition of some future NASA Earth-observing initiatives. In support of this, the CRSP has developed capabilities for the verification and validation of commercially provided data products. These capabilities consist of data simulation and modeling tools, laboratory facilities, and in-flight verification targets and instrumentation. In preparation for future Earth-observing projects, and in an effort to investigate industry's willingness and ability to fulfill future project needs, CRSP invites parties to engage in discussions for joint verification and validation activities. Through such efforts, organizations can collaborate with NASA to evaluate the ability of commercial data products (actual or simulated) to meet NASA's science data needs. These activities will advance NASA's market research, and will enable NASA to better plan for upcoming projects by improving understanding of potential industry offerings. Industry participants can benefit by gaining access to NASA scientists for evaluation of commercial data products and increasing their understanding of NASA as a customer. This is not a request for proposal or an invitation for bid. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this synopsis or to otherwise pay for information requested under this synopsis. The purpose of this synopsis is to invite discussions on potential collaborations as described above. Any proprietary information developed or exchanged during collaborations will be protected to the fullest extent permitted by law. Parties interested in potential joint verification and validation activities are encouraged to contact Mr. Thomas Stanley at (228) 688-7779 or Ms. Vicki Zanoni at (228) 688-2305. For more information about the Commercial Remote Sensing Program, please visit the program's website at http://www.crsp.ssc.nasa.gov.

Web Link

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Record

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