NASA High-end Computing Environment

IT Enabled Science

NASA IT Summit

Joe Bredekamp Science Mission Directorate

August 17, 2010

The Science Mission DirectorateThe Science Mission Directorate

Astrophysics

Heliophysics

Earth Science

Planetary Science

6/24/10Total Missions / Spacecraft 84 / 98

JPL 2

GSFC 7

JPL 6

JPL 8

JPL 12/15

GSFC 8/12

GSFC 7 GSFC 24/32

MSFC 2

MSFC 2

DFRC 1/0

SMAPOCO-2

ICESat-IIIRISSolar OrbiterSolar Probe +GEMSAstro H MAVEN

NuSTARST-7AquariusMSLJUNOGRAIL

JWSTLDCMGPMGloryNPPSET-1RBSP (2)MMS (4)

SOFIA(1/0) WISEHerschelPlanckOSTM~RosettaDAWNEPOXI*NExT*

FermiAuraTWINS-ACINDITWINS-BIBEXSDO

MESSENGERNew Horizons

GALEXSpitzerCloudsatACRIMsatGRACE (2)Jason-1Voyager (2)Mars ExpressMars OdysseyMER (2)CassiniMRO

HSTSuzakuIntegralRXTEWMAPXMMSWIFTAquaSORCEEO-1TerraTRMMLandsat 7~THEMIS (5)STEREO (2)AIMCluster-2 (4)

ChandraHinode

RHESSI SOHOTIMED TRACE WIND ACEGEOTAIL

Italics = US instruments on foreign missionX / Y = # of missions / # of spacecraft* New missions for Deep Impact and Stardust, respectively~ Operated by another agency

SOFIA is a mission projects but does not add spacecraft

MSFC 2

In concept development/pre-formulation: JDEM, SIM-Lite, LISA, IXO, Mars 2016/ExoMars, Mars 2018, OPF, CLARREO, DESDynI, GRACE FO, SAGE III

LaRC 1

CALIPSONF-3

Strofio

NOAA Reimbursable:GOES-R, Jason-3 (pre-formulation), JPSS-1&2

ARC 1

Kepler

Primary Ops 19 / 19

Extended Ops 38 / 49

Formulation 12 / 12

Implementation 15 / 18

Astrophysics Earth ScienceHeliophysicsPlanetary Science

ARC 1

LADEE

Strategic Triad of Science

Theory

Models Data

Emerging eScience: 4th pillar or data-intensive science synthesizing theory, experiment, and computation with advanced information science and technology to enable new science challenges

Science Computation and Information Management

Provide comprehensive and robust infrastructure of data, computing, and modeling resources to maximize scientific productivity and knowledge enhancement

Key Principles Stewardship responsibility for the integrity and preservation of science data assets as

a national resource and ensure usability for worldwide community Open Science: Universal access, sharing , and collaboration to science community,

educators, students, and general public

Challenges Multitude and diversity of missions Volume, richness, complexity, and breath of types of data Increasingly interdisciplinary nature of research and “systems science” Widely distributed and diverse nature of assets and capabilities, as well as users and providers Evolution: Emerging technology and innovation Balancing competing constraints for open access vs. security/asset assurance

Mission Operations Science Data Operations Research OperationsData Capture and Initial

ProcessingScience Data Processing Archival & Distribution Scientific Inference and

DiscoveryGenerate time-ordered

science data stream with transmission artifacts removed

Calibration, other corrections, and

generation of higher level data products

Ingest data products, metadata and

supporting documentation

Explore vast data holdings to extract

meaningful scientific insight and knowledge

Mission Control and Data Handling Facilities

Mission Pipeline Processing Systems

Mission Data Archives

Science Investigator-led Processing Systems

Science Discipline-oriented Data Archives

Key Instantiations: EOSDIS Data Centers Planetary Data System Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centers Heliophysics Data Environment: Solar Data Analysis Facility, Space Physics Data Facility

Science Mission Data Lifecycle

Summary• Highly diverse and widely distributed nature of science enterprise environment– no one-size solutions allowed!!– Top-down mandates not generally effective– Maintain federated architecture that fosters and promotes integration, interoperability and use of

shared infrastructure

• Maintain a science perspective for agility and innovation in leveraging NASA IT infrastructure capabilities and constraints

• Need for balancing externally driven compliance and mission effectiveness trades

• Opportunity to improve alignment with IT security and move from compliance-based to risk management, mission assurance approach