[Gmat-info] GMAT 2008-09-30 Release Now Available

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Greetings GMAT Enthusiasts,

The GMAT team is proud to announce another intermediate public release
of GMAT. Like previous releases, this release is a beta version on
Windows and an alpha version on Mac an Linux, primarily due to GUI
issues. We're excited that the team has grown since our last release and
now includes the Air Force Research Lab RDSM.

What's New?

*	Bug fixes: ....see the readme.txt release notes for specific
fixes.
*	GMAT Functions: You can now write your own function in GMAT's
MATLAB-like scripting language. This is a very powerful feature! Since
the coding of GMAT functions is still in progress there are some
capabilities that have been turned off. Those capabilities are nested
and recursive function calls.
*	User provided plugins: You can now build libraries and register
them with GMAT for custom, high performance applications. Examples we've
tested so far include an optimizer plugin using Harwells VF13ad
algorithm, and a solar sail plugin.
*	GMAT Forums: http://gmat.ed-pages.com/forum/index.php We value
opinions, suggestions, and feedback. We're using a new forum to
facilitate improved communications amongst the community. You do not
need to register in order to view the wiki or forum. We recommend that
you register to the forums and wiki when contributing information.
*	GMAT Wiki: http://gmat.ed-pages.com/wiki/tiki-index.php Greatly
improved user information and tutorials!



What's Next?

*	First Stable Release: Summer 09.
*	Ground Station model: 
*	Batch Least Squares Estimation: 
*	Discrete event tracking: Coverage, eclipses, line-of-site
contact etc...
*	SPICE file integration: Reading and writing SPICE files



We hope you enjoy the new GMAT release and look forward to hearing your
feedback and assisting you with issues you might have.
Download the latest versions of GMAT from the GMAT SourceForge
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmat/) download page.

The GMAT team
GMAT Homepage (http://gmat.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html)