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nasa t1_ivkyycj wrote

Reply to comment by LimerickExplorer in AskScience AMA Series: We're NASA experts working on SWOT - an upcoming mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth's surface. Ask us anything! by AskScienceModerator

I think the strengths/opportunities and weaknesses/threats I see are connected to the same thing: the measurement SWOT is making is new!

This means there are new engineering and science challenges that must be tackled and solved to make the mission a success (which our capable team has been doing and will continue to do!).

But, this is also a strength and opportunity. SWOT is going to measure things over the land and the ocean we’ve never been able to see from space before. The potential for scientific discovery is huge, as is the potential usefulness of this data for communities across the globe. (BH)

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