NASA uses computers in many different ways. NASA uses computers to calculate spacecraft trajectories, figuring out where to aim a spacecraft so it will reach a particular point or orbit in space at a particular time. NASA uses computers to track spacecraft after launch, calculating how to keep them on course with minimum fuel use. This involves a compromise between waiting as long as possible to make a correction (so the actual course is known better) and correcting as soon as possible (to use less fuel for a given correction). NASA uses computers on board the spacecraft themselves to control guidance systems, propulsion systems, experiments and everything else. NASA uses computers to analyze data sent back from space missions. NASA uses computers to keep track of the thousands of objects that orbit the earth today. NASA uses computers for every administrative purpose that any other large organization would use them for, such as budgeting, personnel, word processing, e-mail, its Web site, etc., etc. It might make more sense to ask "what does NASA not use computers for?" It would be a shorter list!
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Yes. If NASA had been permitted to patent the tech it created, they would not have to spend one dime of taxpayer money. The spinoff of NASA is tremendous. You are reading these words on a descendant of NASA's DSKY computer, powered by a descendant of NASA's Integrated Circuit CPU, the first computer on a chip. If you aren't a waste of money, then neither is NASA!
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Yes, the joystick was invented for NASA. It was originally used in aircraft for pilot control, and later adapted for use in spacecraft to control movements in 3D space. NASA continues to use joysticks in various control systems for their spacecraft and robotics.
No, it is independent of the military. It does use military people & equipment to assist. The first NASA astronauts were military pilots.
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It has evolved. When the computer you were limited to what you can do. At NASA before man landed on the moon NASA had less then one terrerbite memory and now you can get a 4 terrerbite memory from the electronics store and also you can do anything on the computer now. Now tv is becoming a computer
Extremely slow computers, Curiosity has 200 MHZ, Apollo had 1.5 mhz computer. NASA uses Macs and PCs in Mission Control (not Linux).
NASA uses a lot of Algebra 2, Calculus, and Statistics for calculations and such.
I know that the NASA use Sun Solaris, RedHat and OS X Operating system.big ones
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There are many companies and websites that have resources for someone looking to get lunar eclipse wallpaper for their computer. Some of these websites are Computer Nexus and NASA.
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