<div dir="ltr">I read an article on the (U.S.) National Public Radio website that I believe illustrates many of the points we are trying to make about the MOIMS System Architecture. The article is entitled, "Scientists To Bid A Bittersweet Farewell To Rosetta, The Comet Chaser." You can find it here: <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/29/495797996/scientists-bid-a-bittersweet-farewell-to-rosetta-the-comet-chaser">http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/29/495797996/scientists-bid-a-bittersweet-farewell-to-rosetta-the-comet-chaser</a><div><br></div><div>A couple highlights:</div><div><br></div><div>"Planning for the mission began in the 1980s, says Taylor."</div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:29px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:29px">"'You're looking at over 30 years to get you to a science target. It takes time and effort,' he says. 'There are scientists and engineers who have spent their lifetime working on this mission.'"</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:29px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:29px">"</span><font color="#333333" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:29px">Scientists will continue to analyze the data gathered by Rosetta for years to come. "</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:29px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:29px"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>My takeaways:</div><div><br></div><div>Missions last long enough that you must consider long term preservation of some of the data from the beginning.</div><div><br></div><div>The most important product of the mission is the data. Thinking about how to create, capture, and select data for long term preservation should be central to all aspects of a mission.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mark Conrad<br>NARA Information Services</div>
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