NASA TOPS Open Science 101 review

"NASA TOPS (TOwards Open Science) Open Science 101 is a brand new online course about Open Science. It originates in the 2023 "Year of Open Science" at NASA and is part of a broad set of initiatives at NASA to promote and practice Open Science. I followed the course and wanted to share a few observations. For those not aware: "Open science is the principle and practice of making research products and processes available to all, while respecting diverse cultures, maintaining security and privacy, and fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity." (source).

First, I must say that I am impressed by the consistency of the project! The team behind NASA TOPS made several open community calls to engage globally with the Open Science community. The calls allowed one to apply to become editor or reviewer for the course and were thus in line with the spirit of Open Science. I did not apply to any role as I unfortunately don't have much time "for the time being"...."