3D Video of Asteroid Vesta 26
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from the why-there-is-the-internet dept.
TheNextCorner writes "Glide over the giant asteroid Vesta with NASA's Dawn spacecraft in a new 3-D video. Dawn has been orbiting Vesta since July 15, obtaining high-resolution images of its bumpy, cratered surface and making other scientific measurements." You'll need some red/green or red/blue glasses for the 3D effect.
3D Video of Android Vista (Score:4, Funny)
Having just woken up, at first glance I thought the headline said, "3D Video of Android Vista," and my immediate thought was "when are these guys goong to learn that just because you CAN port Android to something doesn't mean you should? And making something 3D doesn't make it any more impressive!"
Very cool. (Score:5, Insightful)
Each time NASA releases images from some distant planet or asteroid, I'm floored. The number of things that have to go right, that have to not fail, millions of miles away, is immense. Kudos to the scientists and engineers who worked on imaging Vesta. Fantastic results!
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While that might be interesting, perhaps you can try doing it by remote control a large handful of millions of miles away, in near-total vacuum, with instruments that have survived 15G vibrational acceleration followed by months of punishing high-energy radiation while going through complex orbital dynamics to insert around a body that has about 2% the gravitational attraction of Earth. That would be impressive, just like the NASA video.
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I wish they had a version of that video (Score:4, Interesting)
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Yeah. It would be nice if they'd just cross-post it to YouTube. Then I could watch it with my EVO 3d's stereoscopic display. Plus, hey, more exposure for a cool NASA project!
no crosseye? (Score:3, Interesting)
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Works great on my Evo 3D, though I still saw a double-image in places.