@inbook{cd52a9363d844a4786e0e3c98cc69e83,
title = "The Coming of Seasat",
abstract = "The origin of NASA{\textquoteright}s interest in the oceans is tracked from the agency{\textquoteright}s early years (1960s) to the launch of the first significant ocean satellite, Seasat, in 1978. This chapter shows NASA Administrator James Fletcher{\textquoteright}s role in the 1970s and later (1980s), in pointing NASA toward environmental missions. It discusses NASA{\textquoteright}s connection with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and weather satellites and difficulties of the “hand-off” of satellites from development to operations when two or more agencies are involved. Seasat lasted only three months before failing but showed the high value of ocean satellites to various potential users, particularly scientists.",
keywords = "James Fletcher, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean satellite, Seasat",
author = "Lambright, {W. Henry}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 2023.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-40363-7_2",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "11--20",
booktitle = "Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology",
}