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NASA’s Thirst for Open Source Software — and for Open Science
Software has been a crucial component to all of NASA’s major achievements, from space travel to the deepest images of our universe. Naturally, NASA’s need for high-quality scientific software has led it to open source developers, and now to an ambitious new program based on the larger principles of “open science.”
But more importantly, it’s guided by open source flight-control software — the https://nasa.github.io/fprime/ software released in 2017 by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
To help the situation, NASA’s science directorate is now funding open source software, especially science-related projects.
Crawford says NASA’s own goals for its transformation program include training 20,000 researchers — which can earn them a NASA “open science” badge — in a program that includes lessons on open sourcing software.
But more importantly, it’s guided by open source flight-control software — the https://nasa.github.io/fprime/ software released in 2017 by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
To help the situation, NASA’s science directorate is now funding open source software, especially science-related projects.
Crawford says NASA’s own goals for its transformation program include training 20,000 researchers — which can earn them a NASA “open science” badge — in a program that includes lessons on open sourcing software.
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