Concept for an ISLSWG International Flight Experiments Database (IFED)

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Concept for an ISLSWGInternational Flight
Experiments Database (IFED)

• Ken Souza, Deputy Director
• Astrobiology Space Research Directorate
• NASA Ames Research Center
• ISLSWG Meeting, April 2001
• (IFED Status updated December 2001)

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Outline

• Why develop an IFED?
• ISLSWG-facilitated information exchange
• Home page concept for IFED
• Experiment search/access
• Availability of online experiments
• Benefits of an IFED
• IFED Development timeline
• IFED Status (December 2001)

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Why Develop an IFED?

• ESA investigators requested international
  experiments be made available like ARC/KSC CD-ROM
  (i.e. E. Horn)
• IFED will facilitate access to flight experiment
  results - an ISLSWG Strategic Plan goal
• Previous NASA (1997) ESA (1999) international
  data archive proposals to ISLSWG not implemented
• NASA, ESA, and NASDA experiments online now
• Russian BioCosmos experiments (670 experiments
  from 12 countries, 1972 - 1990) can be online in
  2 months
• CSA Ukraine experiments can be put online if
  experiment descriptions are provided

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Enhance Knowledge Info Exchange (ISLSWG
Strategic Goal-2)

• Promote archiving of space flight data
• Exchange archived information and publicize its
  availability to international scientists
• Provide simple means for the science community to
  access space flight results for all life sciences
  spaceflight experiments

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Home Page Concept for IFED
ISLSWG Website
IFED
IFED - CSA Experiments - ESA Experiments - NASA
Experiments - NASDA Experiments - Russian
Experiments - Ukranian Experiments
IFED link on home page
link to experiment collections
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Example Experiment Search/Access
access experiment list and link to experiment
descriptions
NASA Experiments Research Area Research
Subject
From LSDA
Bone Physiology
Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Results Bone Physiology Rat - Johnson, Roger
B. Effects of Gravity on the Attachment of
Tendon to Bone. - Morey-Holton, Emily R. Bone,
Calcium and Spaceflight. - Wronski, Thomas J.
(1992). Role of Corticosteroids In Bone Loss
during Space Flight.
search by research area and/or research subject
using html search scripts
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Availability of Online Experiments
NASA Available - Life Sciences Data Archive
(LSDA) (http//lsda.jsc.nasa.gov) ESA
Available /Pending - MicroGravity DataBase (MGDB)
(http//www.esa.int/mgdb/mgdbhome.html)
NASDA Available /Pending - International Space
Research Data Base (ISRDB) (http//idb.exst.nasd
a.go.jp/eng/home_e.html) Russian Available -
ARC/IMBP Flight Experiments Database CSA
Pending - No known online database Ukraine
Pending - No online database (STS-87, CUE, 10
expts)
Pending collaboration needed with data owners
to provide content or search optimization via
the IFED
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Benefits of an IFED

• An ISLSWG key Strategic Plan goal is met in 2001
  with minimum cost and effort
• International scientists have easy access to the
  total collection of completed experiments for use
  in preparing appropriate ISS research proposals
• Provides access to experiment results in evolving
  data archives maintained by ISLSWG-related space
  agencies, so costs are shared and minimized
• Simple solution to a long-standing need that
  allows early evaluation of the benefits, with
  upgrades, as warranted

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IFED Development Timeline

• May/June - Mains Associates (ARC contractor)
  contacts data owners of all participating space
  agencies to complete optimization of IFED html
  search functions, and puts Russian Biocosmos
  experiment database online at ARC
• July/Sept. - complete development of functional
  prototype of IFED and launch on ISLSWG web site
  at ARC for online evaluation by ISLSWG members
  and data owners
• October 01 - at ISLSWG Mtg, review the utility
  of the IFED for accessing human, animal, plant,
  cell, experiment results and readiness to open to
  international community
• November 01 - open the IFED to international
  users and announce its availability after full
  testing, as warranted

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IFED Status December 2001

• Functional Prototype is developed and accessible
  at www.mainsgate.com/IFE/ (username is IFE and
  password is shared)
• Facilitation of user reviews underway users
  should provide comments via the feedback form on
  the Web site
• ISLSWG Member reviewsto be facilitated by Louis
  Ostrach
• ASGSB Member reviews (PIs, managers, students,
  contractors) to be facilitated by Ken Souza
• International experiment archive managers
  (contact points still TBD)
• Mains Associates will compile results of reviews
  and submit to L. Ostrach and K. Souza