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Building your own rocket or robot? NASA has code for you!

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http://www.nasa.gov/content/new-catalog-brings-nasa-software-down-to-earth/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247517
Ever wish you could get your hands on the software that NASA used to launch its Apollo lunar missions or to get robots working on Mars?

Think this code could help you build software for your own project or company? If so, NASA has something for you.

The space agency announced that on Thursday it will make a catalog of NASA-developed code available to the public. More than 1,000 coding projects will be released in 15 categories, including project management systems, design tools, data handling and image processing. Code also will be released for life support systems, and robotic and autonomous systems.

"Software is an increasingly important element of the agency's intellectual asset portfolio, making up about a third of our reported inventions every year," said Jim Adams, NASA's deputy chief technologist, in a statement. "We are excited to be able to make that software widely available to the public with the release of our software catalog."

The software code is being released because NASA developers know that it would have uses beyond the missions for which it was originally developed.

What NASA calls technology transfer gives U.S. taxpayers more bang for their buck.

"NASA is committed to the principles of open government," said Adams. "By making NASA resources more accessible and usable by the public, we are encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. Our technology transfer program is an important part of bringing the benefit of space exploration back to Earth for the benefit of all people."

The codes are being made available for free. Some are available for all U.S. citizens and others are restricted to other federal agencies.

http://technology.nasa.gov/

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Thought you guys might find this interesting.

I am ready for high-fidelity avionics and AI simulation in KSP. Also something something burgeoning private space industry.
 
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http://www.nasa.gov/content/new-catalog-brings-nasa-software-down-to-earth/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247517


http://technology.nasa.gov/

[MENTION=3667]Meer[/MENTION] [MENTION=2240]rawr[/MENTION] [MENTION=6917]sprinkles[/MENTION] [MENTION=8603]Eventhorizon[/MENTION]
Thought you guys might find this interesting.

I am ready for high-fidelity avionics and AI simulation in KSP. Also something something burgeoning private space industry.

I think you have higher regard for me than is reasonable. I would love to think I could make use of such a program. Alas, the lack of resources and brain power limit my off world exploits.
 
http://www.nasa.gov/content/new-catalog-brings-nasa-software-down-to-earth/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247517


http://technology.nasa.gov/

[MENTION=3667]Meer[/MENTION] [MENTION=2240]rawr[/MENTION] [MENTION=6917]sprinkles[/MENTION] [MENTION=8603]Eventhorizon[/MENTION]
Thought you guys might find this interesting.

I am ready for high-fidelity avionics and AI simulation in KSP. Also something something burgeoning private space industry.

Haha ANYTHING would help KSP.

Seriously, it doesn't even have an orbit resonance calculator or a protractor - you have to get plugins for those.

I don't think KSP will ever be fully realistic though. But it definitely needs better avionics and more instruments. It's also crap that the radar altimeter is in the cockpit only which is no good if you have to take an outside view, or don't even have a cockpit because you have an unmanned probe.
 
They also need to fix that thing where if you time accelerate into an SOI it will miscalculate your periapsis so you suddenly find yourself 9 million km off where you planned to be.
 
Ooh, maybe Space Engineers will borrow some of this too :)