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`Tempest News
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`Software of the Year (1998)
`Posted by admin on 2002-Jan-11 09:33
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`Reprinted from Microgravity News, winter 1998
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`Engineers Maria Babula, Lisa Lambert, Joe Ponyik, and Dave York, of the Flight Software Engineering Branch
`at Lewis Research Center (LeRC) in Cleveland, Ohio, along with Rick Tyo, of Intel Corporation, were
`presented with a 1998 NASA Software of the Year Award on November 5 at the Technology 2008
`conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The LeRC team won for developing Tempest, the first computer
`software that enables individuals to use standard World Wide Web browsers as an interface for conducting
`scientific experiments. NASA established the annual award in 1994 to recognize the development of
`innovative software technology that advances both NASA research and commercial initiatives that help
`American industry maintain world-class technology status.
`
`Tempest was developed to support science experiments that will be conducted in NASA's Fluids and
`Combustion Facility (FCF) planned for the International Space Station (ISS). The FCF is expected to
`accommodate up to 300 combustion and fluid physics experiments during the ISS's projected lifetime of 10
`to 15 years. A study indicated, however, that to write software tailored for the control of each FCF
`experiment and for the various computers used by numerous ground-based and in-flight investigators
`would require 60 programmers working full-time for three years. According to Ed Winsa, FCF project
`manager, avoiding this drain on personnel and experiment budgets meant "being creative and inventing a
`whole new way of doing software." Winsa challenged the engineers of the LeRC Flight Software Engineering
`Branch to "come up with a revolutionary way of doing software, not an evolutionary way."
`
`From left to right: Engineers Maria Babula, Lisa
`Lambert, Joe Ponyik, and Dave York, of LeRC's Flight
`Software Engineering Branch, after receiving the 1998
`NASA Software of the Year Award, presented by David
`Nelson, acting deputy chief information officer at NASA
`headquarters In answer to that challenge, the group
`invented embedded web technology (EWT) and wrote
`Tempest to apply this technology. EWT uses Internet
`technology to remotely control embedded systems,
`which are microprocessors built into machines such as
`automobiles and refrigerators, with directions given in
`real time. With Tempest, FCF experiments can now be
`controlled and monitored with one piece of software.
`"Tempest will be a fixed feature embedded in the FCF,"
`says Ponyik. As a result, software development and
`maintenance costs for FCF experiments will be cut
`significantly. Considerable savings will also result from reduced weight, since astronauts will no longer need
`separate laptop computers and removable disks for every experiment. (Each pound of equipment currently
`costs $10,000 to launch into space.) Experiments can be conducted with greater efficiency, as well. For
`instance, astronauts need only to start up their computer's web browser and type in the Internet address
`of the FCF experiment to have access to experiment controls, says Ponyik. Also, because EWT simplifies
`the adaptation of flight displays to ground operations, more responsive adjustments to experiments can be
`made by investigators observing from Earth, since they will now be able to view the same experiment data
`screens seen by astronauts. Investigators will also be able to access data from any location, not just from
`a NASA payload operations center, a critical ability because experiments will be conducted for longer
`durations on the ISS, explains Ponyik. Other ISS experiments should benefit from the application of
`Tempest as well.
`
`What makes Tempest remarkable, according to Ponyik, is its adaptability. Adds York, "Here is a case where
`microgravity science and technology research has produced important technology that can be transferred
`to American industry." Tempest is expected to foster the growth of a multibillion-dollar web-based industry
`for monitoring and controlling devices ranging from automobiles to medical implants from remote locations
`with Internet access. According to Paul Curto, senior technologist of NASA's Inventions and Contributions
`Board, many major corporations are presently training personnel to use Tempest-like servers for
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`Tempest
`Get this title!
`¤ Get Tempest
`¤ Monitor new releases
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`Basic information
`¤ News
`¤ Tempest Forum
`¤ FAQ
`¤ Contributors
`¤ Vision & Direction
`¤ History
`¤ Documentation
`¤ Bugs
`
`Additional resources
`¤ Schematic
`¤ Tempest Benefits
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`Foundation :: Internet Applications :: Tempest
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`Tempest News
`
`Software of the Year (1998)
`Posted by admin on 2002-Jan-11 09:33
`
`
`
`Reprinted from Microgravity News, winter 1998
`
`Engineers Maria Babula, Lisa Lambert, Joe Ponyik, and Dave York, of the Flight Software Engineering Branch
`at Lewis Research Center (LeRC) in Cleveland, Ohio, along with Rick Tyo, of Intel Corporation, were
`presented with a 1998 NASA Software of the Year Award on November 5 at the Technology 2008
`conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The LeRC team won for developing Tempest, the first computer
`software that enables individuals to use standard World Wide Web browsers as an interface for conducting
`scientific experiments. NASA established the annual award in 1994 to recognize the development of
`innovative software technology that advances both NASA research and commercial initiatives that help
`American industry maintain world-class technology status.
`
`Tempest was developed to support science experiments that will be conducted in NASA's Fluids and
`Combustion Facility (FCF) planned for the International Space Station (ISS). The FCF is expected to
`accommodate up to 300 combustion and fluid physics experiments during the ISS's projected lifetime of 10
`to 15 years. A study indicated, however, that to write software tailored for the control of each FCF
`experiment and for the various computers used by numerous ground-based and in-flight investigators
`would require 60 programmers working full-time for three years. According to Ed Winsa, FCF project
`manager, avoiding this drain on personnel and experiment budgets meant "being creative and inventing a
`whole new way of doing software." Winsa challenged the engineers of the LeRC Flight Software Engineering
`Branch to "come up with a revolutionary way of doing software, not an evolutionary way."
`
`From left to right: Engineers Maria Babula, Lisa
`Lambert, Joe Ponyik, and Dave York, of LeRC's Flight
`Software Engineering Branch, after receiving the 1998
`NASA Software of the Year Award, presented by David
`Nelson, acting deputy chief information officer at NASA
`headquarters In answer to that challenge, the group
`invented embedded web technology (EWT) and wrote
`Tempest to apply this technology. EWT uses Internet
`technology to remotely control embedded systems,
`which are microprocessors built into machines such as
`automobiles and refrigerators, with directions given in
`real time. With Tempest, FCF experiments can now be
`controlled and monitored with one piece of software.
`"Tempest will be a fixed feature embedded in the FCF,"
`says Ponyik. As a result, software development and
`maintenance costs for FCF experiments will be cut
`significantly. Considerable savings will also result from reduced weight, since astronauts will no longer need
`separate laptop computers and removable disks for every experiment. (Each pound of equipment currently
`costs $10,000 to launch into space.) Experiments can be conducted with greater efficiency, as well. For
`instance, astronauts need only to start up their computer's web browser and type in the Internet address
`of the FCF experiment to have access to experiment controls, says Ponyik. Also, because EWT simplifies
`the adaptation of flight displays to ground operations, more responsive adjustments to experiments can be
`made by investigators observing from Earth, since they will now be able to view the same experiment data
`screens seen by astronauts. Investigators will also be able to access data from any location, not just from
`a NASA payload operations center, a critical ability because experiments will be conducted for longer
`durations on the ISS, explains Ponyik. Other ISS experiments should benefit from the application of
`Tempest as well.
`
`What makes Tempest remarkable, according to Ponyik, is its adaptability. Adds York, "Here is a case where
`microgravity science and technology research has produced important technology that can be transferred
`to American industry." Tempest is expected to foster the growth of a multibillion-dollar web-based industry
`for monitoring and controlling devices ranging from automobiles to medical implants from remote locations
`with Internet access. According to Paul Curto, senior technologist of NASA's Inventions and Contributions
`Board, many major corporations are presently training personnel to use Tempest-like servers for
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