The blue wires on the ThinkPads look like standard CAT Ethernet. Is this the case?
Probably, they didn't like to use wifi
Explore ISS on Google Maps
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Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps
#12I was expecting the earth to be moving out of the windows, displaying what the ISS is passing over, albeit not real time. I think that's possible - you can get current location of ISS and use that to grab images from Google, distort in the right way and display. Maybe a nice evenings project with my space-crazy 7 year old daughter.. Also, I thought the "Cupola" label you see when the page opens was highlighting a pla…
A public HD livestream would be world changing. Right now access to real time, high resolution satellite imagery is still restricted to large organizations. Only some rocket launches have some views from above.
Yep agreed about the livestream.
I meant just an accurate projection onto the windows of existing Google Maps data based on the location of the ISS.
Even if that weren't possible, there are some nice high resolution textures of the earth (Blue Marble??) that could perhaps be made to work.
Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps
#13I was expecting the earth to be moving out of the windows, displaying what the ISS is passing over, albeit not real time. I think that's possible - you can get current location of ISS and use that to grab images from Google, distort in the right way and display. Maybe a nice evenings project with my space-crazy 7 year old daughter.. Also, I thought the "Cupola" label you see when the page opens was highlighting a pla…
A public HD livestream would be world changing. Right now access to real time, high resolution satellite imagery is still restricted to large organizations. Only some rocket launches have some views from above.
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#14This really doesn't navigate well with Euler Angles and the view gimbal locking
Where are quarternions when you need them !
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
A public HD livestream would be world changing. Right now access to real time, high resolution satellite imagery is still restricted to large organizations. Only some rocket launches have some views from above.
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/
Oh my goodness! Is that really live - that's amazing and beautiful..
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#16Really surprised by all the loose cables. That seems like a safety issue. When I was in the military, cable management was a huge thing. We would get in trouble unless every cable was secure. Having someone trip over a cable and heaven forbid break it or yank it free, could lose lives. I would imagine stakes are similarly high in space.
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#17ESA ISS Virtual Tour is also great.
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/virtual-tour-iss/
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
A public HD livestream would be world changing. Right now access to real time, high resolution satellite imagery is still restricted to large organizations. Only some rocket launches have some views from above.
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/
Wow, never realised it existed. It moves fast!
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#19Really surprised by all the loose cables. That seems like a safety issue. When I was in the military, cable management was a huge thing. We would get in trouble unless every cable was secure. Having someone trip over a cable and heaven forbid break it or yank it free, could lose lives. I would imagine stakes are similarly high in space.
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#20This is so cool. So many instruments, all sides are jammed packed with things. I noticed most signs are oriented the same direction. Does that mean there's an "up" side? If the enemy gate is down, does that mean the Earth is the enemy? ;)
Yeah, they explained in one of the tour videos that they spend most of their time in the "upward" position.
The lights for example always come from the "ceiling". Apparently it helps with the visual frame of reference (since you lose your sense of balance) and more convenient to read the thousands of various labels at a quick glance.