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Linux In Space: Red Hat Rides The Rocket

Posted by Hemos on from the blasting-off-with-red-hat dept.

neiljt writes "BBC News have a piece on NASA experiments to use IP for space missions. The article is a little low-tech, but more details available from NASA (OMNI). Is this the first Red Hat in space?" It's worth pointing out as well that Debian made the ride nearly six years ago. Still, great news.

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  1. FlightLinux Project at NASA by jim.b0b · · Score: 5, Informative

    It seems NASA had a Flight Linux project that ended in June 2002. Interestingly enough, they link back to slashdot in their publications listing.