WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL WE DESCRIBE THE COLLECTION OF THE SPACE IMAGERY CENTER (SIC) A NASA REGIONAL PLANETARY IMAGE FACILITY (RPIF) AND OUR PLANS TO COMPREHENSIVELY INVENTORY IT. WE DIVIDE THE COLLECTION INTO MATERIAL WE KNOW TO BE UNIQUE OR UNAVAILABLE ONLINE AND MATERIAL THAT IS LIKELY NON-UNIQUE IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE OUR INVENTORY TASKS. TO CARRY OUT AN INVENTORY IN ONE YEAR OF THE DEPTH REQUIRED FOR THIS LARGE COLLECTION WE WILL EMPLOY TWO UNDERGRADUATES TO DO MOST OF THE WORK (SUPERVISED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS BY OUR DATA MANAGER MARIA SCHUCHARDT). OUR MOST DEMANDING INVENTORY TASK WILL LIKELY BE THAT OF THE PIONEER PHOTOPOLARIMETER DATASET. OUR DATA TECHNICIAN JOHN ANDERSON HAS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE FROM INVENTORYING AND DIGITIZING THE SURVEYOR LANDER IMAGING DATASET. IN THIS PROPOSAL WE DO NOT REQUEST FUNDS TO CONTINUE OUR REGULAR ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO RESEARCHERS AND INSTEAD FOCUS ALL RESOURCES ONTO COMPLETION OF THE INVENTORY. BYRNE AND SCHUCHARDT ARE FUNDED BY UA TO RUN THE RPIF. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVOTE TIME TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTING RESEARCHERS AT NO COST TO NASA. HOWEVER NO FUNDS ARE PLANNED TO BE EXPENDED IN CREATING PUBLIC OUTREACH PRODUCTS OR UPGRADING/MAINTAINING HARDWARE THAT BENEFITS PLANETARY SCIENCE RESEARCHERS USING THE RPIF.
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