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NASA Releases Over 1000 Projects as Open Source

posted by n1 on Friday April 11 2014, @07:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the open-source-space-exploration dept.

Koen writes:

Yesterday NASA released over 1000 projects as open source in a searchable database.

NASA already released the source code and schematics of the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer, Command Module (codenamed Comanche054) and the Lunar Module (Luminary099) in 2009 at the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. In February of this year, DARPA also published a similar catalog. Both code databases are the result of a 2011 order from President Barack Obama that federal agencies increase the pace of technology transfer.

From a Wired article:

This NASA software catalog will list more than 1,000 projects, and it will show you how to actually obtain the code you want. The idea to help hackers and entrepreneurs push these ideas in new directions - and help them dream up new ideas. Some code is only available to certain people - the rocket guidance system, for instance - but if you can get it, you can use it without paying royalties or copyright fees.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Friday April 11 2014, @10:38AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 11 2014, @10:38AM (#29963) Journal

    This NASA software catalog will list more than 1,000 projects, and it will show you how to actually obtain the code you want.

    I visited the page, saw about 32-33 projects and two search boxes (one for a global NASA search, the other for "Intelligent Systems Division"). Now,
    * if the page is supposed to show me how to find those 1000+ projects, I wonder where's that support?
    * if the future tense is still actual, I wonder when this support will be available?
    In other words "picture or it didn't happen"

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Koen on Friday April 11 2014, @12:43PM

    by Koen (427) on Friday April 11 2014, @12:43PM (#29999)

    Not a picture, but a PDF: NASA Software Catalog 2014 [nasa.gov].

    NASA Technology Transfer Portal [nasa.gov]

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  • (Score: 2) by khallow on Friday April 11 2014, @08:01PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 11 2014, @08:01PM (#30247) Journal

    I saw about 1000 projects. A great deal of them were limited access, either to US citizens only or government use only.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday April 11 2014, @11:06PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 11 2014, @11:06PM (#30334) Journal

      A great deal of them were limited access, either to US citizens only or government use only.

      That would explain the diffs between what we see.

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