Re: Celestia

From: Drew (dwildstar30_at_nospam.nowhere.com)
Date: 03/20/05


Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:11:18 GMT

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:51:50 +0200, Ioannis <morpheus@olympus.mons>
wrote:

>I just downloaded Celestia and after fiddling around with the controls a
>bit, I was able to put myself in orbit around several of the Solar
>System objects with various eclipses taking place.
>
>All I can say, is "WOW! This is probably THE best program I have ever
>seen so far on ANY computer..."
>
>Absolutely magnificent work :-)

You can also hitch a ride with various space probes such as Cassini
(really puts the flybys in perspective!), Rosetta, and Deep Impact
(especially on July 4th of this year!). Just press enter and enter the
name of one of the spacraft, then press enter again and press G to be
taken to it.

-Drew



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