NASA has several cloud programs including Nebula, a Cloud Computing pilot under development at NASA Ames Research Center. It integrates a set of open-source components into a seamless, self-service platform, providing high-capacity computing, storage and network connectivity using a virtualized, scalable approach to achieve cost and energy efficiencies. The fully-integrated nature of the Nebula components provide for extremely rapid development of policy-compliant and secure web applications, fosters and encourages code reuse, and improves the coherence and cohesiveness of NASA's collaborative web applications. When completed, Nebula will offer cost-effective Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). As a hybrid cloud, Nebula enhances NASA's ability to collaborate with external researchers by providing consistent tool sets and high-speed data connections.
Nebula is a Cloud Computing pilot under development at NASA Ames Research Center. It integrates a set of open-source components into a seamless, self-service platform, providing high-capacity computing, storage and network connectivity using a virtualized, scalable approach to achieve cost and energy efficiencies.
Project Matsu is a collaboration with NASA. The goal is to create a cloud containing all of Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) satellite imagery from the Advanced Lander Imager (ALI) and the Hyperion instruments and to make this data available to interested users. This working group is also developing cloud-based services that can assist at times of disasters. The Project Matsu cloud can, for example, be used to assist with image processing so that up to date images can be made available to those providing disaster assistance.
As part of the Open Government Directive, federal agencies had to publish an Open Government Plan laying out how they intend to be more open and integrate Open Government principles into their activities. NASA's Open Government framework postulates that agencies must focus on policy, tools, and culture to successfully implement Open Government principles within their organization. Nebula was identified as one of the primary tools that will enable NASA to more easily engage with the public in addition to providing a more efficient method for NASA to deliver IT services to its Scientists and Researchers.
Michelle Viotti discusses the recently launched "Be a Martian" website, specifically how NASA/JPL is using the cloud and Microsoft Town Hall to engage with the public on their questions and ideas.
NASA's Michelle Viotti discusses how NASA/JPL is using the cloud to drive large-scale engagement with citizenry in the area of Citizen Science with the recently launched "Be a Martian" website and Pathfinder Innovation Challenge.
The Federal Cloud Blog sits down with Chris Kemp, CIO at NASA's Ames Research Center, after a presentation delivered at the Digital Government Conference. He discusses the progress with the Nebula Cloud Computing Platform and what to look forward to in the near future. They discuss how Nebula has partnered with Microsoft and Google to give the public greater access to NASA data and imagry. People will be able to view the surface of Mars in real time and eventually take tours of planets and constellations.
Have you heard about Nebula? What is cloud computing and where is it going? All questions you'll find answers to in this Government IT Solutions Spotlight with Chris Kemp, CIO at NASA Ames Research Center.
An intro to a white paper that Chris is writing on NASA's current external facing web presence, and an outlook of what space exploration and the web might look like 10 years from now. He describes how NASA should re-architect itself in order to fully leverage the web as a platform and take the lead in open, transparent and participatory space exploration and government. He also discusses how NASA is teaming up with Microsoft to make a universe of data available to the public.
The CIO of the Ames Research, Chris Kemp, discusses his vision for NASA's future on the web as an open platform. A platform to share and host data, a platform that will leverage data in new ways, for developers around the world to tap into datasets, for the public to learn about NASA, and for scientists to collaborate.
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