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NASA - all its publically funded research
is being made freely available. |
NASA just announced that any published research funded
by the space agency will now be available at no cost, launching a new public
web portal that anybody can access.
The free online archive comes in response to a new NASA
policy, which requires that any NASA-funded research articles in peer-reviewed
journals be publicly accessible within one year of publication.
“At NASA, we are celebrating this opportunity to extend
access to our extensive portfolio of scientific and technical publications,”
said NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman. “Through open access and innovation
we invite the global community to join us in exploring Earth, air, and space.”
The database is called PubSpace, and the public can access
NASA-funded research articles in it by searching for whatever they’re
interested in, or by just browsing all the NASA-funded papers.