Space tourism: Austin-based company developing system for new space station, starships

AUSTIN (KXAN) — IBM Space, a division of tech giant IBM, unveiled plans to develop a new computer platform that will be used on several upcoming space stations and starships. The partnership, with space technology company Sierra Space, will lead to an open-source platform, think Windows, that will allow virtually anyone to create software for Sierra Space's fleet.Sierra Space is developing a slew of spacecraft. These include Dream Catcher, a space plane designed for easier reentry to the E