NASA's Physical Science Informatics Database Now Open to the Public | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-02-04

Summary:

"At NASA, we are excited to announce the roll-out of the Physical Science Informatics (PSI) data repository for physical science experiments performed on the International Space Station (ISS). The PSI system is now accessible and open to the public. This will be a resource for researchers to data mine the PSI system and expand upon the valuable research performed on the ISS using it as a research tool to further science, while also fulfilling the President’s Open Data Policy. Since 2001, microgravity experiments have been conducted on ISS in the physical sciences and have yielded rich results, some unexpected and most would not be observed in Earth-based labs. These results provided valuable insights into fundamental physical behavior that can apply to both terrestrial and space environments. Collecting this data in a single location not only provides scientists with scientific data from hundreds of NASA experiments, it also helps identify fields where more study is needed. Open Science 'brings together the community of researchers to define an envelope of experiments that will be conducted and analyzed, leveraging modern high content analytics in the life and physical sciences', said Marshall Porterfield, NASA’s Director of Space Life and Physical Sciences at NASA Headquarters in Washington ..."

Link:

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=46672

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Tags:

oa.new oa.psi oa.nasa oa.usa oa.government oa.repositories.data oa.open_science oa.data oa.repositories oa.announcements

Date tagged:

02/04/2015, 10:44

Date published:

02/04/2015, 05:44