Open Curiosity: NASA, Mars, and Beyond

The best and brightest took us to the moon with the computing
power of pocket calculators. Now they’re taking us farther—and
they’re doing it with the tech we’ve been talking about all
season. Open source is taking us to Mars.


The Season 2 finale takes us to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL). Tom Soderstrom shares how much JPL has gained by embracing
open source. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf explains that NASA is solving
some of their greatest problems with open software and
crowdsourcing. And Dan Wachspress describes how working with NASA
means proprietary companies need to make some sacrifices—but they
get to work on the most innovative projects in the world.


The explorers of the final frontier are choosing to work in the
open—and Mars is their destination. What’s next?


And while this may mark the end of Season 2, it's not really
goodbye because we still want to hear from you. Reach out to us
at redhat.com/commandlineheroes—we'd love to hear what you
thought of this season.