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NASA’s open source projects

102 points by rohitarondekar 15y ago

Mizza 15y ago
Is that.. bootstrap?!
- reverend 15y ago
  It is Bootstrap's Bootstraps.
- FPSDavid 15y ago
  It is!
- jrgifford 15y ago
  It is.
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TechNewb 15y ago
Open source Constellation.
sakai 15y ago
This is great. It would be nice if there was a "project description" field however in addition to the names: [http://code.nasa.gov/projects/ http://code.nasa.gov/projects/]. The projects are fairly esoteric and span a broad range of fields: * Conflict Prevention Bands * General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) version 2011A * Goddard Satellite Data Simulation Unit
Mizza 15y ago
I hope they release a lot of cool libraries that we can repurpose. Physics engines?
- maaku 15y ago
  Most of those aren't actually done at NASA, but at university centers with NASA funding and are already open source. Typically they are large, monolithic, un-extensible Fortran 77 programs though :(
mturmon 15y ago
This is a step forward. Earlier NASA open-source had to be released only on open channel: http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/cosmic/ http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/cosmic/ This is not workable because it wasn't possible for non-NASA developers to contribute back. This one-way system resulted in other software being released piecemeal, outside the above process, e.g. http://oodt.apache.org/ http://oodt.apache.org/ Doing even this took a lot of work.
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yread 15y ago
this one looks particularly interesting http://goworldwind.org/features/ http://goworldwind.org/features/ - free maps - crossplatform It can calculate Terrain conforming shapes, volumes anad airspaces and line of sight
samuel1604 15y ago
wasn't openstack a Nasa project?
- kakali 15y ago
  Collaboration I think. It was for NASA's cloud infrastructure called 'Nebula'. Those developers have moved on and have now started 2 new companies.
nn2 15y ago
I bet a Fortran unit testing framework is something the HN readership has been waiting for.
rvkennedy 15y ago
If you liked that, then check out this ESA project, Space Trajectory Analysis: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sta/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/sta/ It really needs a better UI but the possibilites are endless - you can design your own space missions, flybys, moonshots, anything really.
bitcracker 15y ago
Any stellar constellation software recommended? I looked around the links but unfortunately there wasn't any stellar constellation software. Could anyone recommend an open source software which is able to compute constellations (visible from earth) of arbitrary history which absolute accuracy?
- kakali 15y ago
  Not quite what you're looking for, but there is Spice. http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html It is used for general astrometry (coordinate frame transfer and time references). It also can help you point your camera in the right spot as it can model relativity. AGI's STK is basically a wrapper around this JPL product.
  - bitcracker 15y ago
    Thanks, I'll have a long close look at it.
bugsbunnyak 15y ago
This optimization framework caught my eye: https://github.com/nasa/OpenMDAO-Framework https://github.com/nasa/OpenMDAO-Framework I'm always on the lookout for science-related Python projects from name-brand places, as well as projects that use Enthought's Traits library. (I would prefer to do my work in Python most of the time, but the powers-that-be insist on Matlab, so I'm trying to compile use examples as ammunition..).

102 points by rohitarondekar 15y ago

Mizza 15y ago

Is that.. bootstrap?!

reverend 15y ago
It is Bootstrap's Bootstraps.
FPSDavid 15y ago
It is!
jrgifford 15y ago
It is.

deleted 15y ago

[deleted]

TechNewb 15y ago

Open source Constellation.

sakai 15y ago

This is great. It would be nice if there was a "project description" field however in addition to the names: [http://code.nasa.gov/projects/ http://code.nasa.gov/projects/]. The projects are fairly esoteric and span a broad range of fields: * Conflict Prevention Bands * General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) version 2011A * Goddard Satellite Data Simulation Unit

Mizza 15y ago

I hope they release a lot of cool libraries that we can repurpose. Physics engines?

maaku 15y ago
Most of those aren't actually done at NASA, but at university centers with NASA funding and are already open source. Typically they are large, monolithic, un-extensible Fortran 77 programs though :(

mturmon 15y ago

This is a step forward. Earlier NASA open-source had to be released only on open channel: http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/cosmic/ http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/cosmic/ This is not workable because it wasn't possible for non-NASA developers to contribute back. This one-way system resulted in other software being released piecemeal, outside the above process, e.g. http://oodt.apache.org/ http://oodt.apache.org/ Doing even this took a lot of work.

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yread 15y ago

this one looks particularly interesting http://goworldwind.org/features/ http://goworldwind.org/features/ - free maps - crossplatform It can calculate Terrain conforming shapes, volumes anad airspaces and line of sight

samuel1604 15y ago

wasn't openstack a Nasa project?

kakali 15y ago
Collaboration I think. It was for NASA's cloud infrastructure called 'Nebula'. Those developers have moved on and have now started 2 new companies.

nn2 15y ago

I bet a Fortran unit testing framework is something the HN readership has been waiting for.

rvkennedy 15y ago

If you liked that, then check out this ESA project, Space Trajectory Analysis: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sta/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/sta/ It really needs a better UI but the possibilites are endless - you can design your own space missions, flybys, moonshots, anything really.

bitcracker 15y ago

Any stellar constellation software recommended? I looked around the links but unfortunately there wasn't any stellar constellation software. Could anyone recommend an open source software which is able to compute constellations (visible from earth) of arbitrary history which absolute accuracy?

kakali 15y ago
Not quite what you're looking for, but there is Spice. http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html It is used for general astrometry (coordinate frame transfer and time references). It also can help you point your camera in the right spot as it can model relativity. AGI's STK is basically a wrapper around this JPL product.
- bitcracker 15y ago
  Thanks, I'll have a long close look at it.

bugsbunnyak 15y ago

This optimization framework caught my eye: https://github.com/nasa/OpenMDAO-Framework https://github.com/nasa/OpenMDAO-Framework I'm always on the lookout for science-related Python projects from name-brand places, as well as projects that use Enthought's Traits library. (I would prefer to do my work in Python most of the time, but the powers-that-be insist on Matlab, so I'm trying to compile use examples as ammunition..).