This was pointed out to me by a blog reader wondering if this might explain recent anomalies at the NASA Technical Report Server… maybe NASA might be thinking of replacing it. To me this new site seems like a much narrower archive than NTRS, but who knows. If there’s anything at NTRS you want, it might be advisable to download it ASAP.
PubSpace
NASA is using PMC to permanently preserve and provide easy public access to the peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research. Beginning with research funded in 2016, all NASA-funded authors and co-authors (both civil servant and non-civil servant) will be required to deposit copies of their peer-reviewed scientific publications and associated data into NASA’s publication repository called NASA PubSpace. This EXCLUDES patents, publications that contain material governed by personal privacy, export control, proprietary restrictions, or national security law or regulations. NASA PubSpace is part of PubMed Central (PMC) which is managed by the NIH.
You can now search NASA related articles archived in PMC at NASA PubSpace. PubSpace will be fully functional Fall of 2016.
The PubSpace archive/report server is HERE. A preliminary search on the most basic terms that anyone in their right mind would go looking for – “nuclear rocket,” “hypersonic,” “reusable launch,” “manned Mars” – all came up “no items found.” This means either that the site isn’t fully functional yet, or that it promises to be a barren source of entertainment.