Data management study

Abstract

This report discusses the problems of handling, controlling and displaying data received from Space Scientific Experiments in the Shuttle Era. This report is primarily concerned with developing criteria for classifying or categorizing the final output of the data management system in terms of response time, quantity of data, type of processing required, purpose of displaying the data and type of display. The initial impetus for generating this report was a desire to eliminate some of the problems and restrictions on the data handling and displays which were experienced during the ALSEP program.