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New Catalog Brings NASA Software Down to Earth
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is making
available to the public, at no cost, more than 1,000 codes with its
release on Thursday, April 10 of a new online software catalog.
Organized into fifteen broad categories, the new catalog offers a wide
variety of applications for use by industry, academia, other
government agencies, and the general public.
"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. "We are excited to be able to make that software widely
available to the public with the release of our new software catalog."
The technologies featured in the software catalog cover project
management systems, design tools, data handling, and image processing,
as well as solutions for life support functions, aeronautics,
structural analysis, and robotic and autonomous systems. The codes
represent NASA's best solutions to a wide array of complex mission
requirements.
Each NASA code has been evaluated for access restrictions and
designated for a specific type of release, ranging from codes that are
open to all U.S. citizens to codes that are restricted to use by other
federal agencies.
"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."
NASA's Technology Transfer Program, managed by the Office of the Chief
Technologist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, ensures technologies
developed for exploration and discovery missions are broadly available
to the public. To access the software catalog, and for more
information on NASA's Tech Transfer program, visit:
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