Presented the HSI mission (MDR+HSI ver. 6 prototype)
Emphasizing that our SmallSat is complementary to other (small and large sat) remote sensing missions
Interested also on the weather-impacts
Should have in-situ assets to verify AND
Correlate with Sea-Surface-Temperature (SST) and weather conditions (wind speeds, atmospheric conditions, waves etc.)
Discussions
V4 HSI
He was interested in testing/having a copy of this, wants to use on the desk
Very fond of the idea of using low-cost COTS components to manufacture the camera
V6 HSI (prototype)
Sounds reasonable to go with this design in terms of better SNR
Easier to process in terms of "what we are looking for"
Onboard-processing
Downlinking 2-3x more data (larger image size), should not be a problem in terms of downlink budget
Careful with the deconvolution processing + radiometric processing on-board the SmallSat, as geometric and atmospheric variables need to be cross-checked carefully (by a person). Having databases on-board is good, but not great for having all the real environmental data correlated with the images taken.
Spectral+spatial processing makes sense
He is interested in having our datasets added to the supercomputing simulations at NASA Ames (NEX)
He loved the idea of very short response time between SmallSat-mission control-potential other agents (UAV, USV, AUV). I said 30 min max until end-user get's the complete data.
Combine all open data for exquisite virtual and scientific simulations with data that correlates (please see resources: https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/resources/)
Action items:
Bring a HSI (v.4) copy to have him have a look
Look into the NEX projects and resources, use their data and algorithms