NASA Information Infrastructure Applications Budget Code: 509-40
NASA will develop and provide access to databases of remote sensing images and supportive software over the Internet. Such databases will be accessible to both public and private institutions, promoting the dissemination of taxpayer-funded Federal information. The information contained within these databases can also be used by the educational and library communities to fulfill their needs and goals. The programmatic goal is to provide broad public access to remote sensing data to traditionally under-served communities. These data can be NASA and other federally funded data provided to the application communities. Providing the access to remote sensing data will promote gains in education, quality of life and economic growth.

NASA will build on its HPCC program, its aeronautics and space science research and engineering missions, and its existing education outreach infrastructure to facilitate the general development of the National Information Infrastructure to support mathematics, science, and engineering education in the K-12 levels. This will be done through both NASA field center 'outreach programs' and through open and competitive solicitations. In FY 95, NASA will issue a cooperative agreement notice open to public and private parties nationwide. The intent of this announcement will be address the National Challenge in "Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning" and will focus on doing this through the national aeronautics enterprise .
Budget ($ M)
FY 95 Act 14.13
FY 96 Pres 18.00
FY 96 Est 10.20
FY 97 Rqst 4.00
Program Component Areas
  FY 96 FY 97
HECC   4.00
LSN    
HCS    
HuCS    
ETHR 10.20  
Agency Ties
DARPA  
NSF  
DOE Partner
NASA Partner
NIH  
NSA  
NIST  
NOAA Partner
EPA Partner
ED User
AHCPR  
VA  
Milestone Changes  
FY 1995 Actual Milestones FY 1996 Estimated Milestones FY 1997 Agency Requested Milestones
New cooperative agreements were initiated with Childhood Project (Passport to Knowledge), Gulf of Maine Aquarium (Surfing the Net) and SENTAR (Flood Management). Also, grants were initiated with University of Michigan (Windows to the Universe), University of California at Berkeley (Science Information Infrastructure-SII), University of Washington (The Puget Sound Project), University of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Agriculture), University of North Texas (Emergency and Crisis Management-ECM) and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).

Demonstrated public access and retrieval of NASA databases by traditionally under-served communities.

Distributed the educational video for K-12 called "Connecting to the World."

Completed evaluation of IITA developed K-12 digital education material.

Provided a primary World Wide Web entry for the public to all the Digital Library Technology and Remote Sensing Database Applications projects through the Remote Sensing Public Access center (RSPAC) in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Award cooperative agreements and grants under a second "Public Use of Earth and Space Science Data over the Internet" Cooperative Agreement Notice.

Establish a World Wide Web server for GOES-8 data for use by funded projects and by the general public.

Demonstrate interim IITA remote sensing database applications over the Internet:
  • Prototype weather broadcast videotape production: WRC-TV
  • Demonstrate baseline maps and user interface: BADGER.
  • Establish a World Wide Web server for GOES-8 data for use by IITA funded projects and by the general public.
Demonstrate integration of digital library technologies with remote sensing demonstrations.

Demonstrate completed Remote Sensing Database Applications over the Internet.

Demonstrate education products from K-14 Education Cooperative Agreement Notice.

Issue a second K-14 Education Cooperative Agreement.