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NASA’s data is headed for the cloud

Marketplace Tech

English - October 25, 2021 09:45 - 7 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
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A lot of NASA’s work has to do with what happens here on Earth, especially as we work to track and respond to the climate crisis. And at NASA’s earth sciences division, much of of the data collected by future missions will be stored in the cloud, hosted by Amazon. That’s partly because the agency needs more, well, space. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with Kevin Murphy, the chief science data officer for NASA.