DUDE. SCIENCE YO. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT HOW FREAKING AWESOME THIS IS!
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From the #NASA press room at #sdcc! #sdcc2014 (at San Diego Convention Center)
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Rocket Science - NASA is going open source, releasing a treasure trough of software for the aspiring rocket scientist. Everything from the Apollo lunar lander guidance system software to star tracker algorithms is up for grabs, license/royalty free. The release is part of a Presidential directive for all agencies to release their work and encourage others to build on it.
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.
Within a few weeks of publishing the list, NASA says, it will also offer a searchable database of projects, and then, by next year, it will host the actual software code in its own online repository, a kind of GitHub for astronauts.
It’s all part of a White House-directed push to open up the federal government, which is the country’s largest creator of public domain code, but also a complete laggard when it comes to sharing software. Three years ago, President Obama ordered federal agencies to speed up tech transfer programs like this.
HOLY SHIT.
gimme an SD card
This is really exciting!
Source: Wired
While I'm truly sad to see the shuttle program mothballed I'm excited to go see this in person once the exhibit opens. The space shuttle was a rather huge part of my imaginings and pretend games when I was a child. -Brie
When your childhood and your science geekdom collide, there is much awesome. - Jessie
Source: xkcd.com