I have forwarded this to this newsgroup because the technology may be of interest to some here, and can be licensed, and used by the general public too:
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snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net wrote in :
April 4, 2014
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>New Catalog Brings NASA Software Down to Earth
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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."
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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."
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>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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>Sarah Ramsey
>Headquarters, Washington
>202-358-1694
> snipped-for-privacy@nasa.gov
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