Request for Information (RFI) on Science Research Goals/Objectives Affecting Proposed U.S. Antarctic Science Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications (SMART) Cable and Route Design
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) requests input from the full range of institutions and organizations across all relevant sectors--industry, academia, non-profits, government, venture capital, and others--to inform the development of a proposed subsea telecommunications cable capable of being equipped with sensors to support science research that would connect the largest U.S. research facility in Antarctica, McMurdo Station, with either the South Island of New Zealand or Southeast Australia. The proposed cable is expected to host the point science sensor concept promoted by the UN IOC/UNESCO Joint Task Force on Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (https://www.smartcables.org/) ("SMART") Cables. NSF requests information regarding the proposed McMurdo SMART Cable project including the cable route that maximizes science output and science sensor and technologies to be considered in designing the project. NSF will provide project information and updates at https://www.nsf.gov/ geo/opp/ail/subsea_cable.
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