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CubeSats and other small classes of satellite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniaturized_satellite) are opening up new opportunities for space-based research. Tiny, relatively simple to build, and economical to launch, it’s not hard to see why these platforms are so appealing to people with an interest in astronomy, astrophysics, and meteorology just to name a few disciplines. Educational small satellites can even be flown for free on rockets planned for upcoming launches through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cubesats/overview), making them one of the most accessible ways to prototype experimental instrumentation and study the cosmos. Unfortunately though, most small satellite data remains on private hard drives or in non-standard formats, maintained by groups that do not have the time or resources to publish and disseminate that data as there are no designated public repositories or standards to serve this function. This means that a wealth of data, which could be the foundation for new innovations and discoveries, is basically inaccessible. Worsening this problem, private companies are flying small sats with the intention of putting that data into proprietary formats and selling it back to researchers at a profit; these companies currently have little competition from the public or non-profit sector.  To address these issues, myself and a multidisciplinary team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is working to create an open source, ready-to-use, small satellite data system that will allow researchers to reduce time spent on developing ad hoc systems and invest more time in the mission and instrumentation. We’re calling it The Space Library. Library (http://thespacelibrary.org/).  With an open solution like the one my team is proposing, educators and the public will gain access to live space data that will be ripe for current and future citizen science projects. Researchers in astronomy and astrophysics will also be more capable of building on the experimental work that small satellites enable. On my website (http://dainabouquin.com/608_final/), I have hosted a few interactive data visualizations to help my team make the case for the importance of funding The Space Library.