Lost Science: Protecting Data Through Improved Archiving. (10th September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Simmons, Karen E.
• Is Part Of: Eos. Volume 94:Number 37(2013)
• Page Start: 323
• Page End: 324
• Publication Date: 2013-09-10
• Subjects: informatics -- data stewardship -- data curation; Geophysics -- Periodicals; 551
• DOI: 10.1002/2013EO370006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-3941

Abstract

Abstract : Mike Carr wrote recently of the wonderful planetary geology accomplished by NASA over the past 50 years of space exploration, with images and descriptions from the early Venus, Mars, and lunar missions as well as more recent missions, which evoked good memories (M. H. Carr, Geologic exploration of the planets: The first 50 years, Eos, 94 (3), 29–30, doi:10.1029/2013EO030001, 2013). Unfortunately, memories are not science data, and those 50 years have not been as kind to the scientific information collected by these pioneering missions.