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09 Jul 2012, 2:37 am

Anyone played with it?

Quite cool if you like space exploration.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/

If you are thinking wtf is he on about try watching this vid about it, easier than explaining it.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_nguyen_tou ... _home.html



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09 Jul 2012, 3:17 am

i was sorta hoping it could show me more details in the outer solar system, such as the kuiper belt and oort cloud. it would be neat to see what is really out there.



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09 Jul 2012, 4:24 am

auntblabby wrote:
i was sorta hoping it could show me more details in the outer solar system, such as the kuiper belt and oort cloud. it would be neat to see what is really out there.


We haven't actually ever been there so no probes or data is available. It's really a tool for the past, present and future of space probes and satellites that have been launched.

It is still pretty cool that you can do the things demoed in the video though.



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09 Jul 2012, 12:32 pm

DC wrote:
We haven't actually ever been there so no probes or data is available. It's really a tool for the past, present and future of space probes and satellites that have been launched. It is still pretty cool that you can do the things demoed in the video though.

i would like to "tune in" when new horizons reaches pluto. i have long been curious about how pluto actually looked. the fuzzy pink picture of it which was extrapolated from hubble data, is a tantalizing clue.