Challenge Overview
The goal of the NASA PDS (Planetary Data System) application is to load planetary observation data into a relational database (MySQL) in a format that will allow the data to be queried and inspected efficiently and quickly.
The focus for this project will be the Small Bodies Node (SBN) which specializes in data concerning asteroids, comets, and interplanetary dust.
Description of the datasets from SBN available is here:
http://sbn.pds.nasa.gov/nodehtml/understanding_datasets.html
General information regarding SBN is here:
http://sbn.pds.nasa.gov/
Data by mission for comets is here:
http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/sbnhtml/comets/by_mission.html
An example of metadata can be found here:
http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/volume/sl9_0001/galileo/nims/g_data.lbl
The database design will include a metadata model that includes information about the tables and columns.
Final Submission Guidelines
Please see the wiki - http://apps.topcoder.com/wiki/display/docs/NASA+PDS+Conceptualization