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NASA plans to open source its code in a searchable database

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 4, 2014

The catalog will include the code for past NASA projects that span robots, climate simulators and rocket guidance systems (many of which are likely to be very, very outdated), according to Wired. DARPA posted a similar catalog earlier this year. NASA will also start hosting the code online by next year; while all the code is free of copyright, people will need special clearance to get their hands-on projects like the rocket guidance system.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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