NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing that depicts how the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) network operates. The release of the video game coincides with the close of World Space Week, Oct. 4-10. In the game, as a new Network Manager, your job will be to build and upgrade a complex…
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NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at
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Skynet Needs Your Help Crunching Astronomical Data
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at
1:27 pm
Idle home computers are being sought to help search through tons of astronomical data. The Skynet project involves using the spare processing capacity of computers as a giant, distributed supercomputer. PCs joining Skynet will scour the data for sources of radiation that reveal stars, galaxies along with other cosmic structures. People who process the most…
Lunar Explorer Review
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at
4:42 pm
Commercial space entrepreneurs are developing rockets that will take tourists to the Moon in the not-too-distant future. But a software maker has taken a head start on the adventure by simulating a lunar ride for the PC user. Virtue Arts, based in Los Angeles, has developed software that renders the exact physics and topology of…
LunarPhase Pro Review (By Astronomy Magazine)
Tuesday, January 4th, 2005 at
3:18 pm
the Moon: big, bright, feature-rich but impeached by many astronomers who fight its glare to view the dim light from far-off galaxies. Far from being a celestial nuisance, the Moon is an object worthy of study says John Rowlands, who finds out what its like to become an old (Lunar Phase). Many people have come…
LunarPhase Pro Review (By Kevin Berwick)
Saturday, December 11th, 2004 at
7:10 pm
Main screen for LunarPhase Pro. Click for larger version. Since the publication of Charles Wood’s ‘Lunar 100’, in Sky and Telescope I have become a very keen observer of the Moon. As you probably know, the weather in Ireland is less than ideal for astronomy, so I try and plan carefully my time under clear…
Sky Shed Test Report
Thursday, December 9th, 2004 at
8:29 pm
SkyShed plans CD-ROM cover There are several observatory structures available to the amateur astronomer. Most advertisements for domes and roll-offs that show prices, run from $3,000 to $5,000 and up, depending on size (plus shipping/packing charges). We have seen all the types, and nearly all the brands and models, with the possible exception of the…
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