How scientists handle NASA's big data onslaught | MNN – Mother …

Every hour, NASA’s missions collectively compile hundreds of terabytes of information, which, if printed out in hard copies, would take up the equivalent of tens of millions of trees worth of paper. This deluge of material poses some big data challenges for the space agency. But a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., is coming up with […]