Comments on: Google's Schmidt to NASA: Be more 'open'

In speech for space agency's 50th anniversary, search giant chief lays out vision for a NASA that builds open systems, simple platforms, and spaceships that can talk to one another.

[lmasanti]

NASA's "Don't be evil."

NASA's version of "Don't be evil" would be not to launch military
and/or secret agencies space devices.

[SeizeCTRL]

but

who would you want to launch them? a secret military space agency? at least with NASA there is some public disclosure going on... wouldn't want SPAWAR doing joint ops with the CIA and FBI.

[Commander_Spock]

SPOCK TO GOOGLE!

ARE YOU READY TO BEAM YOUR APPS TO WARP, ECOMSTATION, VOYAGER, CASSINI... LIKE OUR FRIENDS AT THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. :-) !

[SeizeCTRL]

bloody hell

Why would they bother porting apps to an outdated and antiquated OS? I imagine it being similar to trying to get photoshop to load on a c64. Completely pointless given the age of the OS and the minute user base.

I think the only people using OS2 are you, a few banks and a couple of people in Europe who are just flat out bored.

[WJeansonne]

Yeah, right run space ships on FOSS. LOL!

Wait til NASA gets a taste of open source tech support. They will be running for the hills in no time flat.

[sundance_tree]

sure why not?

check this out:

http://linux.org.mt/article/space

http://flightlinux.gsfc.nasa.gov/

[Phil-IT]

Open yourself, open your airport?

Google's top execs still use the NASA's private airport in Mountain View

[suyts]

Yeh,

We should open all of our tech to the world and give up any competitive edge we have left. It has worked so well for us so far. That has got to be one of dumbest ideas I've heard since the nineties when we decided to defend an ethnic group in Europe only to find them attacking us in Iraq, today. Yeh, let's share, I'm sure no one would use it against us, that wouldn't be nice or fair.

[The_Decider]

You missed the point entirely

What a shock.

The world is moving towards open source. Closed models are on the way out. Closing your methods gives temporary advantage but as many are learning over time it hurts.

Besides, basic platforms for various items that are open would encourage innovation. It would also make it much easier and cheaper to create other craft as well.

No matter how much money NASA spends or who they hire, there will always be somebody that can take their work in areas no one at the agency ever thought of. How is this a bad thing?

Get out of the dead, antiquated thinking that says you have to hide your creation to succeed and start enjoying true innovation.

Every so often there is a purge of the old and unneeded. It happens in nature and in business. It is time for people like you to evolve or end up in the tar pits.

[scdecade]

Never fear

Don't worry NASA is not about to share anything. That's not how big government pork programs work. If they shared information people would figure out these things can be build for 1/10th the cost. NASA are the same folks that when confronted with the fact that building more Saturn 5 rockets is vastly cheaper and better than the space shuttle... destroyed the blueprints for making Saturn 5 rockets. So nothing to fear from sharing by these folks.

[keyringwest]

Advertising in Space?

This maybe not soo good: Do we really want advertising
everywhere???? Google not so open.... No different than Microsoft.
Not much technology. Mostly "marketing trick". Core technology
should be rewarded. Google can't "make technology things", they
can only make marketing tricks. Like Circus.

[dascha1]

U.S. President THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THEODORE ROOSEVELT:
Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.


http://www.google.com/search?q=manual+vs.+speech

[gurfrip]

Google giving advice to NASA?

OMG.

Eric Schmidt and the balance of the Google Flunkies are now so arrogant as to believe they can advise the pinnacle of world engineering.

Listen boys, you run a FAD PRODUCT! When compared to NASA Engineers, you are a PET ROCK.

They know exactly what they are doing and exactly why they are doing it.

Google has yet to put any person "SAFELY" into space.

Get-over-yourselves, the googarogance is getting way-too-heavy for this planet.

BTW, where is my YOU TUBE MONEY?

You owe me 1.8 billion plus interest DR. SCHMIDT.

Sincerely,


James Reginald Harris, Jr.
Inventor
(a real one, not someone who just google'd it)

[Commander_Spock]

Lest We Forget - The "ARIENE" Space Center...

... Which may be needed to be brought into the "influence of openness".

Substituting "TO BOLDLY GO - NASA" for "Ever Onward IBM" in the below attached video, and...

PREPARING FOR WARP.......

Now, "All Your Base (Space Centers, Space Stations and Space Ships) Are Belong To Us"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9oh3gqOEKU

8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) ..........