Cloud Computing: How NASA Would Use AWS To Save Matt Damon In ‘The Martian’
October 9, 2015
Grazed from TechWeekEurope. Author: Ben Sullivan.
The producers behind the Hollywood adaptation of Andy Weir’s ‘The Martian’ made no secret of product placing the technology that would save stranded astronaut Mark Watney from potential doom on Mars. GoPro cameras on Watney’s space suit made multiple appearances, and Cisco-powered live video feeds from NASA to Mars also helped Watney grasp on to the thinning straws of hope.
But in real life, another underlying technology used by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) would have been vital to saving Watney’s life: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing division of Amazon.com. Speaking to TechWeekEurope at AWS’ annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Tom Soderstrom, JPL’s chief technology officer, said that cloud computing would have been instrumental in bringing Mark Watney home…
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