In 2007, a small group of people began an intentional, collaborative experiment in open, transparent, and direct communication about your space program. Our goal was to enable your direct participation in exploring and contributing to NASA’s mission.

Many of us have since begun new adventures. This site will remain as an archive of the accomplishments of the openNASA experiment.

Nick Skytland

In 3 days, nearly 1,800 people(and counting) from around the world will come together in 24 cities (and online) to participate in the International Space Apps Challenge. The event is truly a global collaboration with over 100 organizations and government entities from around the world participating. During the event, “citizens from around the world will work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need… using minimal resources and maximum brainpower to create outside-the-box solutions in response to interesting problems.” We couldn’t be more excited!

The event has recieved quite a bit of media coverage, including press releases, blog posts, news articles, and podcasts. We’ve been doing our best to collect them all on our press page, but if we missed something, please let us know!

Leading up to the event, Gov2.0Radio has produced a series of really engaging interviews with organizers, subject matter experts and local organizers from around the world, including:

  • [An interview with Jon Rogers is a lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland about Open Hardware challenges][], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Jeffrey Hayes is from Heliophysics Division in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate about Data Visualization challenges][An interview with Jon Rogers is a lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland about Open Hardware challenges], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with CJ Hendrix UN’s Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)in Geneva about Software Development challenges][An interview with Jon Rogers is a lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland about Open Hardware challenges], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location][], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Donn Morrill, Executive Director, NY Tech Council about the New York location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with David Lagomasino and Stephanie Long from Florida International University about the Miami location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Ray Hernandez from Las Americas Institute of Technology about the Santo Domingo location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Angelina Fabbro and Bill Mills about the Vancouver location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Naomi Mathers and Andrew Maher about the Melbourne location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Simeon Oriko from the iHub about the Nairobi location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio
    • 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with Andreas Hornig about the Stuttgart location][An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location], Gov2.0Radio - 16 April 2012
  • [An interview with NASA Astronaut Ron Garan, Space Apps: an orbital perspective][], Gov2.0Radio - 10 April 2012
  • [An interview with Nicholas Skytland and Ali Llewellyn from NASA’s Open Government Initiative, A Plan for Openness: NASA’s Open Government Plan v2.0][], Gov2.0Radio - 9 April 2012
  • [An interview with Chris Vein/White House and Nicholas Skytland/NASA, Countdown to OGP and NASA’s global Space Apps Challenge][], Gov2.0Radio - 5 April 2012

Gov2.0Radio will also provide live coverage throughout the weekend. They will be sharing the latest news from the lead cities, compiling a “best of the day” episode to highlight the success stories, and doing special interviews with some of the participants. We encourage you to check out their special feature page on Challenge Weekend which gives a consolidated view of all the action.

[An interview with Jon Rogers is a lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland about Open Hardware challenges]: http://gov20radio.com/space-apps-challenges/ [An interview with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds and Dan Woods of TechShop about the San Francisco location]: http://gov20radio.com/space-apps-cities/ [An interview with NASA Astronaut Ron Garan, Space Apps: an orbital perspective]: http://gov20radio.com/spaceapps/ [An interview with Nicholas Skytland and Ali Llewellyn from NASA’s Open Government Initiative, A Plan for Openness: NASA’s Open Government Plan v2.0]: http://gov20radio.com/2012/04/nasa-open-gov-plan-20/ [An interview with Chris Vein/White House and Nicholas Skytland/NASA, Countdown to OGP and NASA’s global Space Apps Challenge]: http://gov20radio.com/2012/04/countdown-spaceapps/