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How has NASA's mission operations software architecture evolved?
How did the US government shutdown of 2013 affect NASA operations?How is the software for scientific space missions developed?Is GMAT still available? Where? How? (NASA's General Mission Analysis Tool)Info on NASA's NOS3 software and the rest of the suite used by STF-1What does the software quality process for NASA's SLS look like?How open is NASA's “open source” GMAT software?Has in-flight software changes ever involved a change of programming language?Apollo Mission Operations Control Room 2 display, what do these numbers indicate?How do these Apollo mission control displays work?Apollo Mission Control Room 2, how do these decimal number displays work?
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As many of us know, the mission operations software of NASA has changed significantly over time. Needs have changed with the space program and mission operations software has adapted to keep up with these demands as well as the current state of the industry. However, mission operations software is not a monolith. It is composed of many different parts, and they need not all change at the same pace. If it ain't broke...well, you know the saying.
That said, what is the oldest software architecture in use in mission operations today? What is the newest (will accept deployed and high potential to-be-deployed)? Are there any trends in architectural changes over the last 20-30 years?
(If necessary to constrain the scope, answers should prioritize JSC and chiefly Mission Control.)
Ref: "Software Architecture" in NASA Software Engineering Handbook
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As many of us know, the mission operations software of NASA has changed significantly over time. Needs have changed with the space program and mission operations software has adapted to keep up with these demands as well as the current state of the industry. However, mission operations software is not a monolith. It is composed of many different parts, and they need not all change at the same pace. If it ain't broke...well, you know the saying.
That said, what is the oldest software architecture in use in mission operations today? What is the newest (will accept deployed and high potential to-be-deployed)? Are there any trends in architectural changes over the last 20-30 years?
(If necessary to constrain the scope, answers should prioritize JSC and chiefly Mission Control.)
Ref: "Software Architecture" in NASA Software Engineering Handbook
nasa software mission-control operations development
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As an anecdote, the majority of GUI programs for Flight Ops are now programmed using Python and interfacing with pub/sub telemetry streams from the main servers.
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As many of us know, the mission operations software of NASA has changed significantly over time. Needs have changed with the space program and mission operations software has adapted to keep up with these demands as well as the current state of the industry. However, mission operations software is not a monolith. It is composed of many different parts, and they need not all change at the same pace. If it ain't broke...well, you know the saying.
That said, what is the oldest software architecture in use in mission operations today? What is the newest (will accept deployed and high potential to-be-deployed)? Are there any trends in architectural changes over the last 20-30 years?
(If necessary to constrain the scope, answers should prioritize JSC and chiefly Mission Control.)
Ref: "Software Architecture" in NASA Software Engineering Handbook
nasa software mission-control operations development
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As many of us know, the mission operations software of NASA has changed significantly over time. Needs have changed with the space program and mission operations software has adapted to keep up with these demands as well as the current state of the industry. However, mission operations software is not a monolith. It is composed of many different parts, and they need not all change at the same pace. If it ain't broke...well, you know the saying.
That said, what is the oldest software architecture in use in mission operations today? What is the newest (will accept deployed and high potential to-be-deployed)? Are there any trends in architectural changes over the last 20-30 years?
(If necessary to constrain the scope, answers should prioritize JSC and chiefly Mission Control.)
Ref: "Software Architecture" in NASA Software Engineering Handbook
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As an anecdote, the majority of GUI programs for Flight Ops are now programmed using Python and interfacing with pub/sub telemetry streams from the main servers.
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As an anecdote, the majority of GUI programs for Flight Ops are now programmed using Python and interfacing with pub/sub telemetry streams from the main servers.
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– CourageousPotato
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As an anecdote, the majority of GUI programs for Flight Ops are now programmed using Python and interfacing with pub/sub telemetry streams from the main servers.
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As an anecdote, the majority of GUI programs for Flight Ops are now programmed using Python and interfacing with pub/sub telemetry streams from the main servers.
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The biggest single change in the Houston Mission Control Center (MCC) occurred in the late 1990s. This was the change from a mainframe based system architecture to a workstation based system with a client/server architecture.
The project was led by John Muratore and it's discussed at some length in his oral history. Several of the papers in the Control Center Technology Conference Proceedings also discuss the upgrade. (This document is the source of the illustration).
The switchover was gradual with the new system first being used in a following mode, then gradually assuming control function-by-function. The last mainframe computer was not removed until 2002. (Building 30 Historical Documentation page 17)
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Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
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Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
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– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
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I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
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– Organic Marble
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I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
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I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
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The biggest single change in the Houston Mission Control Center (MCC) occurred in the late 1990s. This was the change from a mainframe based system architecture to a workstation based system with a client/server architecture.
The project was led by John Muratore and it's discussed at some length in his oral history. Several of the papers in the Control Center Technology Conference Proceedings also discuss the upgrade. (This document is the source of the illustration).
The switchover was gradual with the new system first being used in a following mode, then gradually assuming control function-by-function. The last mainframe computer was not removed until 2002. (Building 30 Historical Documentation page 17)
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Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
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– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
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Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
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I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
6 hours ago
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I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
5 hours ago
1
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I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
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The biggest single change in the Houston Mission Control Center (MCC) occurred in the late 1990s. This was the change from a mainframe based system architecture to a workstation based system with a client/server architecture.
The project was led by John Muratore and it's discussed at some length in his oral history. Several of the papers in the Control Center Technology Conference Proceedings also discuss the upgrade. (This document is the source of the illustration).
The switchover was gradual with the new system first being used in a following mode, then gradually assuming control function-by-function. The last mainframe computer was not removed until 2002. (Building 30 Historical Documentation page 17)
answered 6 hours ago
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
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Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
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Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
6 hours ago
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I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
5 hours ago
1
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I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
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The biggest single change in the Houston Mission Control Center (MCC) occurred in the late 1990s. This was the change from a mainframe based system architecture to a workstation based system with a client/server architecture.
The project was led by John Muratore and it's discussed at some length in his oral history. Several of the papers in the Control Center Technology Conference Proceedings also discuss the upgrade. (This document is the source of the illustration).
The switchover was gradual with the new system first being used in a following mode, then gradually assuming control function-by-function. The last mainframe computer was not removed until 2002. (Building 30 Historical Documentation page 17)
answered 6 hours ago
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$endgroup$
The biggest single change in the Houston Mission Control Center (MCC) occurred in the late 1990s. This was the change from a mainframe based system architecture to a workstation based system with a client/server architecture.
The project was led by John Muratore and it's discussed at some length in his oral history. Several of the papers in the Control Center Technology Conference Proceedings also discuss the upgrade. (This document is the source of the illustration).
The switchover was gradual with the new system first being used in a following mode, then gradually assuming control function-by-function. The last mainframe computer was not removed until 2002. (Building 30 Historical Documentation page 17)
answered 6 hours ago
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Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
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Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
5 hours ago
1
$begingroup$
I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
1
$begingroup$
Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
5 hours ago
1
$begingroup$
I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
1
1
$begingroup$
Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
Reading through part of the conference proceedings now. Very enlightening!
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
Am I understanding correctly that GenSAA is still used as the base level of operations automation?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I think GenSAA is a Goddard Space Flight Center thing. I was not directly involved in any expert systems stuff at JSC but my feeling is that none of it worked well there.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
I see, what about CLIPS? That's what GenSAA was written in, and I see it was in use at JSC as well. I imagine some of the CLIPS code is still around, or is it?
$endgroup$
– called2voyage♦
5 hours ago
1
1
$begingroup$
I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
I remember CLIPS, it's one of the things that I referred to about not working well. (I was a console jockey not a MCC developer, so there may have been stuff going on behind the scenes/screens that I am completely ignorant of.)
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
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As an anecdote, the majority of GUI programs for Flight Ops are now programmed using Python and interfacing with pub/sub telemetry streams from the main servers.
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– CourageousPotato
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