•Data continues to ship
inefficiently by truck/plane FedEx
–Long delays (2 weeks),
degraded collaboration, US scientists continue to lose leadership
–Increased costs (manpower
costs, lack of automation)
•Inadequate reliability or
performance for new applications, (e.g. Grid fails to reach its potential)
•New capabilities do
not emerge in US:
–remote instrument
control, real-time video, media distribution…
–US science loses
leadership to Japan, Europe, Canada