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October 11, 2016 / Looking into the past to see the future on Earth Observation Day



50th Anniversary of a 'Earth Observation' Program, a Vision of What Becomes a Multi-decade Landsat Mission


Background

Stewart Udall proposes an 'Earth Observation' program in 1966- http://eros.usgs.gov/udall50thanniversary/udall.php


In 2022, a 'Golden Anniversary' ...


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A 'Near Ending' of the Landsat program

President Reagan moves to cancel Landsat, George Brown acts to continue Landsat

Congressman George Brown's political action saved the Landsat program. The Congressman out in front of "big science" for decades was a key figure in the Landsat program, the long-running database of imagery of Earth that is moving on to its fifth decade with Landsat 9 (and open access) as a result of Brown's efforts. On the House science committee for over 30 years, George led an array of science efforts, including one that greens look to as prescient -- he drafted legislation establishing the first national climate change research program via the National Climate Program Act of 1978. Congressman Brown, from 1964 until his untimely passing in 1999, was a mentor for your GreenPolicy Siterunner.


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NASA: Earth Sciences

Landsat 9


Landsat 9 propels the program past 50 years of collecting global land cover data


Landsat 9 was successfully launched on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Landsat 9 data is publicly available from USGS.

Landsat 9 — a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey— continues the Landsat program’s critical role in monitoring, understanding and managing the land resources needed to sustain human life.


Landsat 9 continues to provide a critical, one-of-a-kind, long-running database of #EarthScience imagery of the home planet and life-support systems


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