Congress prepares compromise plan to save Landsat, lower costs and improve service

Article Abstract:

Congress in Oct 1992 had nearly completed a bill that will return the Landsat remote-sensing satellite program to government control as well as authorizing funds for a new Landsat 7 orbiter. Management of Landsat was turned over to a private company, EOSAT, in 1986 as a part of the Reagan administration's policy of privatizing government-owned enterprises. However, mismanagement of Landsat since then has persuaded Congress to reverse the policy pending EOSAT's concurrence. NASA and the Defense Department will receive funds for Landsat 7.

Prepackaged software, Communication services, not elsewhere classified, Management, Finance, Satellite industry, United States. Department of Defense, Landsat (Artificial satellite), Earth Observation Satellite Co.

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Smaller, but still controversial

Article Abstract:

NASA's revamped 1992 plans for the Earth Observing System (EOS) are drawing criticism for being based more on NASA's convenience than on what climatic researchers want to know. NASA scaled down its plans for EOS, a series of satellites intended to gather data on the Earth's atmosphere and surface, after Congress mandated that the project keep within an $11 billion spending limit. However, researchers are not pleased with NASA's decision to put off using the project to investigate global warming until the 21st century.

Planning, Earth Observing System (Artificial satellite)

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Peer review loses out in congressional cutting spree

Article Abstract:

President Bush's dispute with Congress over allegedly wasteful federal spending has resulted in the cancelling of funding for peer-reviewed research projects with silly-sounding names. The partisan budgetary dispute has eliminated funding for carefully evaluated scientific research simply because such titles as 'sexual mimicry of swallowtail butterflies' seemed foolish and unimportant to the politicians, who know little about the peer-review process.

Political aspects, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research, Peer review of research grant proposals, Bush, George H.W.

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