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PSAD-77-58 1 (1977-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacpl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUM!ENT RR5U?~! 03362 - r A22733901 Landsat's Role in an Earth Resources Information System. TSAD-77-58: B-183134. June 10, 1977. 71 pp. t 4 appendices (16 pp.). Report to the Conqress; by Elmer B. Staats, ComDtroller Genpral. Issue Area: Science and Technology: Mobilizing Resources for Major Commercial Ventures (2001) ; Science and Technology: management and Oversight of Programs (2004). contact: Procurement an Systems Acquisition Div. Budget Function: General Science, Space, and Technology: Sptce Science, Applications, and Tecbnology (254); Natural Resources, Envireonment, and Energy (300). Organization Cotcernea: Department of the Interiorl Department of Agriculture; Department of Commerce; Department of Defense; bapartment of State; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Science and Technology Policy. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Science and Technology; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Tiansportation; Congress- andsat is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) experimental project %o determine the usefulness of satellite-acquired data for the management of the rarth's environment and natural resources. Costs for the first three missions and a proposed fourth mission are estimated at up to $656 million. Howvcver, greater questions than cost must also be faced. Findings/Conclusions: Lanisat already has provided information previously unavailable; future technology may provide even more valuable information. Continued $overnment support of research and development of remote-sensing technology is neeleC. However, committing the Government to support an operational Landsat system is premature. Such action should be taken only if further study reveals that the benefits to be gained justify the expense and resources req.,irpd to establish the system. Pecommendations: The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in conjunctiun with RASA and cognizant Federal agetucies, should study the techniaal, political, economic, institutional, and international issues which are involved in an operational Landsat system and should recommend a Government policy role in satellite-based, remote-sensing technology. After reviewing the results of such a study, the Congress and the executive branch should have better information on which to reaca a decision as to whether and to what extent the Government should support an operational, satellitp-based Earth resources information system. (Author/SO)

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