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cFS Tutorial Stage 1: Celebrate the Launch of Artemis 1 by Building & Running NASA's cFS 7 (core Flight System) on Your Own Laptop

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Demo / Tutorial: NASA's cFS (core Flight System) by David Ferreira This post is a companion to our video tutorial on YouTube. Click here to view that video as you follow the steps below. NOTE:  Your background will vary according to your own configuration of VM. Steps 1. Stand Up a Target Machine If you already have a target Linux machine handy, please skip this step. If not, consider setting up a Linux VM.  If you don't already have VirtualBox or some other VM management software installed,  click here to install VirtualBox from Oracle .   Here are two videos that will guide you through setup of either a Ubuntu Linux VM or a Raspberry Pi VM: How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox in Windows 10  (by ProgrammingKnowledge) Windows Hyper-V Virtual Machine Tutorial (by Kevin Stratvert) How to Install Raspberry Pi OS on VirtualBox  (by SysDrive) NOTE: Special steps are required to make this process work on Rasp...

Lake Travis Water Level Forecast (3/1/2022)

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Lake Travis Water Level Forecast (as of 03/01/22 ) Author: David Ferreira (Resume) Data Sources:  LCRA, Texas Water Development Board (WaterDataforTexas.org) Forecast Fig. 1: 6-month forecast with 80% and 95% confidence intervals. Forecast Data Table 1 shows our mean forecast (“Point Forecast”) and 80% and 95% confidence intervals. ( Confidence intervals explained. ) We encourage readers to view our forecast as a range, rather than a specific number. However, we are excited about the accuracy of our Point Forecasts and encourage readers to compare our mean forecast to the LCRA’s own median projections*. Table 1: Mean forecast and confidence intervals by month (6-month forecast) Period Point Forecast Lo 80 Hi 80 Lo 95 Hi 95 Actual Delta % Delta Mar-22 660.9 655.6 666.3 652.8 669.1     ...