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| NASA Draws On Open Source For Shuttle Bug-Tracking |
| from the hard-to-argue-with-cheaper-and-faster dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 16, @10:25 (NASA) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/16/1351217 |
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[0]thefickler writes "NASA has built a new software package to [1]track
problems with the Space Shuttle using open source tools from Mozilla.
'[Alonso Vera, the lead of the Ames Human-Computer Interaction Group]
wouldn't say exactly how much the new systems cost to build, but he said
they were an order of magnitude cheaper than what was being used before,
closer to $100,000 than the $1 million it would have cost in the past.'
The Space Shuttle Endeavor [2]launched successfully on Friday, so the new
system is being used to track any problems which may crop up in the
current mission. As [3]one commentator pointed out, 'A system like this
could save more than money; it could save lives.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/16/1351217
Links:
0. mailto:james.s.byrnes@gmail.com
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097880-52.html?tag=mncol
2. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
3. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/11/15/bugzilla-used-to-build-shuttle-bug-tracking-package/
| NASA Draws On Open Source For Shuttle Bug-Tracking |
| from the hard-to-argue-with-cheaper-and-faster dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 16, @10:25 (NASA) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/16/1351217 |
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[0]thefickler writes "NASA has built a new software package to [1]track
problems with the Space Shuttle using open source tools from Mozilla.
'[Alonso Vera, the lead of the Ames Human-Computer Interaction Group]
wouldn't say exactly how much the new systems cost to build, but he said
they were an order of magnitude cheaper than what was being used before,
closer to $100,000 than the $1 million it would have cost in the past.'
The Space Shuttle Endeavor [2]launched successfully on Friday, so the new
system is being used to track any problems which may crop up in the
current mission. As [3]one commentator pointed out, 'A system like this
could save more than money; it could save lives.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/16/1351217
Links:
0. mailto:james.s.byrnes@gmail.com
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097880-52.html?tag=mncol
2. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
3. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/11/15/bugzilla-used-to-build-shuttle-bug-tracking-package/
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