As pointed out in [10], this rather crude access control mechanism makes it difficult to use S3 as part of a (large) science project involving many collaborators.
Think of the growing number of "big science" projects, from the Human Genome to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
But when South Africa jointly won a bid in 2012 to host the world's largest science project, for a radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), it hoped to foster a new image.
This is a great science project!
The facility's money troubles make it hesitant to embark on very large scale science projects such as ESS or TESLA, BMBF says.
NEON's supporters note that other large, complex science projects that NSF has built have undergone periodic changes in scope and leadership, particularly as they transition from construction to operations.
The early proposals for EU's Horizon 2020 displayed a similar tendency, replacing general ELSA-programs within the funding structures with integration of ELSA research within large interdisciplinary science projects.
The U.K. government announced nearly £300 million ($500 million) of new investment in large-scale science projects yesterday.
Palankar et al. [19] evaluated in 2008 the ability of Amazon S3 to provide storage to large-scale science projects from the perspective of cost, availability and performance.
