NASA releasing free software.

[RGClark]

Wanna Build a Rocket? NASA’s About to Give Away a Mountain of Its Code.
BY ROBERT MCMILLAN 04.03.14 | 6:30 AM |
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/nasa-g...tm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Maybe some of the software mavens on Orbiter can take a look at the software for calculating optimal trajectories and structural loads.

Bob Clark

 

[Urwumpe]

NASA had been publishing the source code of many of their programs for year already... what are the news?

 

[RGClark]

NASA Open Source Software.
http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/opensource/

Bob Clark

 

[RGClark]

A listing and description of the software available is on this NASA page under the link for the "Software Catalog":

NASA Technology Transfer Portal.
http://technology.nasa.gov/

Quite a few there for calculating trajectories and for structural loads.

Bob Clark

 

[boogabooga]

Vast majority are released for US Government use only.
Mighty generous of them.