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Abstract
The almost universal availability of electronic connectivity, portable devices, and the web is bringing about a major revolution: information of all kinds is rapidly becoming accessible to everyone, transforming social, economic and cultural life practically everywhere in the world. Internet technologies represent an unprecedented and extraordinary two-way channel of communication between producers and users of data. "Open Universe" is an initiative proposed to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and currently in implementation under the leadership of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA). Its primary objective is to stimulate a dramatic increase in the availability and usability of space science data, extending the potential of scientific discovery to new participants in all parts of the world. This paper describes the initiative in general, some of the activities carried out to demonstrate its feasibility, and its use in the context of the BRICS Astronomy Programme.
Highlights
In the field of space science almost all existing data sets have been produced through public funding, they should be considered a public good and become openly available to anyone at a certain point in time
In addition to that, when considering, upstart, the integration of existing facilities and establishing new collaboration avenues among the BRICS countries, cost-efficiency can be ensured through the Open Universe by: We argue that initiatives such as ”Open Universe” can contribute to contain the costs associated
Since the advent of the first web-based digital archives offering on-line open astronomical data services in the early nineties, much has been done in the direction of offering space science data to an ever increasing number of users, from the small community of scientists involved in the experiments that produced the data, to several thousands of non-specialists researchers
Summary
In the field of space science almost all existing data sets have been produced through public funding, they should be considered a public good and become openly available to anyone at a certain point in time. The far reaching vision of the Open Universe Initiative and the potentially global scope, which extends the benefits of space science to large sectors of the society, including emerging and developing Countries, call for a wide international cooperation under the auspices of the United Nations with activities fully integrated into the UN Space2030 agenda2.
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