NASA Clears the Runway for Open Source Software

[cap10Ibraim]

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/18/4196890/nasa-clears-the-runway-for-open.html

http://code.nasa.gov/

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

That is not surprising actually. If I remember correctly, it is part of NASA's charter is to share technology it develops as long as that technology is not deemed to be a national secret.

When I worked there in the 1970's, they were sharing technology to anyone that asked for it, and even provided a catalog to order it from. One of my interests was saving money on energy costs. I ordered some micro film from them about technology they had developed for solar heating and wind generators.

Open Source Software is the modern equivalent. I could search for it but they have the Nebula IaaS Cloud Computing platform. It was contributed to OpenStack (http://openstack.org/) in July 2010.

From the OpenShack website: "Who's behind OpenStack? Founded by Rackspace Hosting and NASA, OpenStack has grown to be a global software community of developers collaborating on a standard and massively scalable open source cloud operating system. Our mission is to enable any organization to create and offer cloud computing services running on standard hardware."

[Double.J]

Well at least we still own the launchpad :lolflag: (Sorry I couldn't resist!)

@Old_Grey_Wolf; that must have been a truly amazing experience :)

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Well at least we still own the launchpad (Sorry I couldn't resist!)

@Old_Grey_Wolf; that must have been a truly amazing experience :)

Witty :lolflag:

Yes, it was. The feeling that comes from contributing to something like space travel is indescribable. It isn't just a job you go to every day to get that paycheck.