Using NASA Mission Control Software with KSP

[Rich]

After learning that the software framework which NASA uses for its mission control setup is open source (Open Mission Control Technologies (MCT)), I immediately set about trying to stream KSP data to it. This thread will detail the development progress towards this goal.

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[td=width: 25%]2/5/2014 - This might not look like much, but after some wrestling KSP and MCT are now talking. The next step is to expose the data as MCT feeds so that the data can be displayed and composed using the GUI.[/td]

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Figure: Data flowing into the telemachus-mct plugin

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[td=width: 25%]13/4/2014 - Still no data from KSP - mainly working on understanding the stock functionality of MCT, and today I managed to get the satellite plugin working which is currently populated with terrestrial data (picture on the right). The main win for today was getting the latest version of MCT (and plugins) compiling, so now I can begin to configure the development environment for the ksp-mct plugin.[/td]

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Figure: Satellite plugin for MCT

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[td]10/4/2014 - All I have managed so far is to bodge the map of Kerbin in to the framework.[/td]

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Figure: Kerbin within the MCT framework (Map data from Kerbal Maps)

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Next up

• Configure development space.
  
• Stream actual KSP ship data so that it may be used by the default MCT visualisations.
  
• Import maps of all bodies and stream all ship positions to MCT.
  

Edited May 2, 2014 by Rich

[One-Way Films]

WOW! I'm really looking forward to this! will it be on multiple platforms or just MAC OS?

[Guest]

Are you also gonna make an RSS-compatible version?

[DasBananenbrot]

That would be awesome

[Moon Goddess]

WOW! I'm really looking forward to this! will it be on multiple platforms or just MAC OS?

It runs in Java, so it's platform independent.

[curiousepic]

Very cool! Perhaps you could team up with Telemachus?

[Thesonicgalaxy]

This is awesome, can't wait for a release.

[viperfan7]

Does anyone suspect if you ask NASA nicely you may find someone who has already done this?

[Fyrem]

Does anyone suspect if you ask NASA nicely you may find someone who has already done this?

lol, good point.

[Camacha]

Does anyone suspect if you ask NASA nicely you may find someone who has already done this?

I would not be surprised at all.

[MK3424]

Very cool! Perhaps you could team up with Telemachus?

Dude, he IS the creator of the telemachus mod.

[YANFRET]

This is great

[curiousepic]

Dude, he IS the creator of the telemachus mod.

Er... obviously I meant he could integrate Telemachus with his brain... Yeah, that's it!

[Horman]

I keep an eye on this

[gnubel]

What an amazing idea. I'm looking forward to this piece of NASA tech integration.

[acl8610]

Is it ready for testing yet. If so sign me up!

[Rich]

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[td=width: 25%]13/4/2014 - Still no data from KSP - mainly working on understanding the stock functionality of MCT, and today I managed to get the satellite plugin working which is currently populated with terrestrial data (picture on the left). The main win for today was getting the latest version of MCT (and plugins) compiling, so now I can begin to configure the development environment for the ksp-mct plugin.[/td]

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Figure: Satellite plugin for MCT

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Edited April 13, 2014 by Rich

[R0cketC0der]

Awesome! Will this be compatible with RSS?

[Rich]

It is too early in development to say how easy it would be to add support for a modified solar system.

[R0cketC0der]

Ok. If it doesn't work with RSS I will make a fork that supports RSS.

[Razorcane]

Ok so this is pretty much the best thing ever. I'm going to watch your progress with bated breath.

[GavinZac]

Awesome, literally.

[Deedo]

Monitoring this as well

[sirkut]

Now THIS is awesome news.

[FanaticalFighter]

Really looking forward to this!