IN13A-1828
The Planetary Data System — Renewing Our Science Nodes in Order to Better Serve Our Science Community
Monday, 14 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Stephanie McLaughlin1,2, Thomas H Morgan1, Edwin J Grayzeck1, William Knopf3, Ralph L McNutt Jr4, Daniel J Crichton5 and Michael H New6, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Telophase Corp., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Abstract:
In order to improve NASA’s ability to provide an agile response to the needs of the Planetary Science Community, the Planetary Data System (PDS) is being transformed. NASA has used the highly successful virtual institute model (e.g., for NASA’s Astrobiology Program) to re-compete the Science Nodes within the PDS Structure. We expect the new PDS will improve both archive searchability and product discoverability, continue the adaption of the new PDS4 Standard, and enhance our ability to work with other archive/curation activities within NASA and with the International community of space faring nations (through the International Planetary Data Alliance). PDS will continue to work with NASA missions from the initial Announcement of Opportunity through the end of mission to define, organize, and document the data. This process includes peer-review of data sets by members of the science community to ensure that the data sets are scientifically useful, effectively organized, and well documented. In this presentation we discuss recent changes in the PDS, and our future activities to build on these changes. Please visit our User Support Area at the meeting (Booth #2446) if you have questions accessing our data sets or providing data to the PDS or about the new PDS structure.
