With Government budget cuts, grounded shuttles and a nation who is no longer interested in any kind of “space race,” instead of turning tail and run, NASA went “open.”
Just this past week, NASA launched code.nasa.gov, the latest member of the open NASA web family.
That’s right, web family.
Through code.NASA, they will continue to unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities. The site will serve to bring existing projects to light, provide a forum to discuss projects and processes, and guide internal and external groups in open development, release, and contribution.
This also includes NASA’s Nebula Cloud Computing Platform.
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