Damn straight! And, Satan uses vi. posted by symbioid at 11:46 AM on April 19, 2012
At what point does it do something Celestia hasn't been able to do for 10 years? posted by DU at 11:52 AM on April 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
At what point does it do something Celestia hasn't been able to do for 10 years?
I don't think Celestia can show gravitational fields, so that's something. Also, define "able to do," since Celestia can show the constellation illustrations but it requires an add-on. posted by jedicus at 12:22 PM on April 19, 2012
Check out Eyes on the Solar System from NASA / JPL / Caltech. I only saw a brief demo at a conference, but it looked pretty neat. IIRC there are plans to move to a cross platform solution in the works, at the moment there's just Win/Mac support. posted by zengargoyle at 12:32 PM on April 19, 2012 [2 favorites]
I love Celestia as much as the next guy but, graphically, this is leaps and bounds ahead of Celestia. posted by Betelgeuse at 1:43 PM on April 19, 2012
Man. If this existed when I was a kid, they'd have had to pry the computer outta my hands to get me to go to school. By the time the video ended I was already jonesing for the aurora and dramatic impact upgrades. posted by Twang at 3:31 PM on April 19, 2012
God is Tim Sweeny? posted by sneebler at 6:14 PM on April 19, 2012
Watching the world's happiest four year old see the Earth having a light side and a dark side, and hearing him get excited as he actually GOT what causes day and night was pretty fantastic. He's been able to explain it for awhile, but I this changed it from factoid to knowledge.
So thank you. If nothing else you made one kid love science just a little more. posted by Gygesringtone at 9:29 AM on April 20, 2012
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