Plan for living on a restless planet sets NASA's solid Earth agenda

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What are the most important challenges facing solid Earth science today and over the next two decades? And what is the best approach for NASA, in partnership with other agencies, to address those challenges? A new report, Living on a Restless Planet, provides a blueprint for answering these questions. The top priority for a new spacecraft mission in the area of solid Earth science over the next 5 years, according to this report, is a satellite dedicated to Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR).

At the request of NASA, the Solid Earth Science Working Group (SESWG) developed a strategy for the highest priority objectives in solid Earth science for the space agency over the next 25 years. The strategy addresses six challenges that are of fundamental scientific importance, have strong implications for society, and are amenable to substantial progress through a concerted series of scientific observations from space.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Plan for living on a restless planet sets NASA's solid Earth agenda
Series title Eos Science News
DOI 10.1029/2003EO450001
Volume 84
Issue 45
Year Published 2003
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Description 5 p.
First page 485
Last page 489
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