NASA IG Calls For Supercomputer Reforms

Water heated by the computers in the module housing the Aitken supercomputer (right) flows to the coolers (left) at the Modular Supercomputing Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart
HOUSTON—NASA must establish a more integrated, top-down management approach to its supercomputing assets if it is to extract the most from its trailblazing science and technology research while lowering risks to cybersecurity, the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) says. The assets, also...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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