My friend, hwo have bough a Nasa AIS Engine send me today an NMEA
message file containing both his Gps and AIS receiver messages, so I
could make a simulation using the SeaClear software. I found it very
impressive, the software is very very good.

I think that if the NASA AIS Radar would have the option to output NMEA
messages like the cousin AIS Engine, I probabily would buy it now,
since I could use it in stand alone mode or alternatively or
simultaneously, use it as an AIS engine too.

Why the NASA does not make this? The stand alone unit could be obsolete
as soon appears a more sofisticated unit on the market, but having the
NMEA output option, it could survive this obsolence for some time, or
not?

Regards

Pascal