NASA Releases Classic Software To Public Domain

xpccx writes in with a bit from NewsBytes, "NASA turned 43 this month and marked the occasion by releasing more than 200 of its scientific and engineering applications for public use. The modular Fortran programs can be modified, compiled and run on most Linux platforms." The software can be found at OpenChannelSoftware.com. At long last I am ready to prepare my own space mission. I wonder if a whiskey barrel is gonna be air tight after I launch it/me into space with a trebuchet. (It's this sort of unconventional thinking that should get me my job at NASA. Or at least get me put to sleep).

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And.....

[mbadolato]

...a new discovery in the cause of the Apollo 13's malfunction was made when someone noticed hacked code with the comment "3y3 0WnZ j00, N@5@"

System Requirements

[jwriney]

readme.txt
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To run this code, you will need the following:

* a Fortran compiler
* a space shuttle

--riney

Re:System Requirements

[Winged Cat]

I don't suppose we could somehow convince AOL to ship this code on space shuttles? I don't mean NASA's shuttles, I mean manufacture more until we're sick of seeing them (or, at least, receipts for us to pick them up at the nearest spaceport) in our mailboxes... ;)