http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/ Engadget Comments for NASA's new virtual tours of the Space Station and new Mars Rover exactly approximate the sensation of not being in space http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/]]>May 9th 2009 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
@ fairlight: Actually it does in fact work on Chrome; I'm using it right now. :)]]>May 9th 2009 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/]]>May 8th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
(I'm running Windows 7 and it works in Google Chrome).]]>May 8th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
Isn't exactly approximate an oxymoron?]]>May 8th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 8th 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
http://fhsukams.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/iss_after_sts-124_06_2008.jpg]]>May 9th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=0ef05319-4b7b-491a-8e75-040c1af4ce56]]>May 9th 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
the Japanese Laboratory has 2 thinkpad A31's!!

go Japanese, they know what kind of computer to bring on board.]]>May 9th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
i guess its easier to have them all be the same computer, atleast this way they can have

starcraft lan games]]>May 9th 2009 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/You also have a Dell! :-D If you had the money and had the choice, which would you pick: a Ferrari or a Honda. ;-) Guess which one I am paralleling with the Honda.

@ blarvh
It is also made by Microsoft. Should I list all the "great" Microsoft advancements in the past couple years? The 66% failure rating for 360s in the first year or so, the all-mighty Windows Vista...sorry, I have to go get my mom a mother's day gift. If I had a couple days, I'm sure I could list the other million failures that Microsoft has produced.]]>May 9th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
apple fanboys got nothin on microsoft's quality control my friend's macbook pro died of malfunctioning videocard, and he had to fork over 2grands and five monthes to get it fixed]]>May 9th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 10th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
When you install Quicktime, you get tons of crap, useless processes and it load with a page full of publicity. Silverlight is a lot more discreet.]]>May 9th 2009 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/

i can see they have modelled 3D points all over the place, why don't they get rid of the photos after processing them and create a 3D scene based exclusively on those points? i mean how hard can it be?]]>May 9th 2009 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 10th 2009 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 10th 2009 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
it wouldn't be an exact match of the scene, but anything would be better than this]]>May 10th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
So.... microsoft isn't the only site that uses that.]]>May 9th 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
That's just some of the major sites. There's lots of small sites too. http://silverlight.net/Showcase/]]>May 9th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://jamesmsingleton.com]]>May 9th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
]]>May 9th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/or Python even.

]]>May 9th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/May 9th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
People would be up in arms that the government is competing with the private sector, or at the very least wasting money by re-inventing the wheel.]]>May 10th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/
Silverlight clearly penetrates a market that flash is sucking at (streaming content). I think someone above even recommended Java as an alternative. Java? Seriously??]]>May 10th 2009 1:00AM