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I'm a NASA engineer, and I think one of the problems that we recognize is just how much fragmentation there is between org units, projects, programs, and center
by thearn4 11y ago
I'm a NASA engineer, and I think one of the problems that we recognize is just how much fragmentation there is between org units, projects, programs, and centers (each of which can be surprisingly autonomous). A single mission may have several "official" websites, depending on how the work is distributed across the agency.
Your wish for a single-accessible source for images would be great. For that to happen, we would need to have someone dedicated to curating it from so many possible sources, under mandate from HQ.
For general raw data (not necessarily images), an effort like that does exist, though it isn't yet supported by every program:
https://data.nasa.gov/ https://data.nasa.gov/
- markbnine 11y agoI agree with the bunker mentality of the NASA centers. That said, the PDS (https://pds.nasa.gov/ https://pds.nasa.gov/) is the closest thing to a central source for planetary data and imagery. And they run the photo journal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html)