Microsoft, NASA Allow For 3D Shuttle View 84
C|Net reports that a 3D software version of the space shuttle Endeavor is in the works, thanks to a collaboration project between Microsoft and NASA. The Photosynth viewer will allow fans of the space program an unprecedented level of detail in examining the shuttle and its surrounds at the Kennedy Space Center. ""It's much like a 3D video game--people can explore, walk around or fly around the shuttle," said Adam Sheppard, group product manager for Microsoft Live Labs, which developed the viewer. NASA said that the project could lead to more initiatives with the software giant. Chris Kemp, director of strategic business development at NASA's Ames Research Center, said that, for example, NASA could use the Photosynth technology on future space missions for activities such as inspecting the International Space Station and viewing landing sites on the moon."
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Saying he discovered New Zealand is a bit strange though, Abel Tasman did that.
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The space shuttle Endeavour is named after HMB Endeavour, the ship (bark) used by Captain James Cook on his trip to
the Pacific encountering ("discovering would have been the contemporary term, I guess) Australia, New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef (amongst others).
(Actually, there have been several Endeavours in British Naval History).
Cook's Endeavour arrived home safely and (arguably) eventually sank off of Rhode Island.
Cook himself died at the hand of uppity native Hawaiian - they paid the price eventually, of course.
Anyway, Endeavour is indeed spelled with an u.