Explore ISS on Google Maps • Hacker News Board

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by navs » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 6:11 AM UTC

nevi-me wrote: post #22

From the first view that shows The view of Earth, our planet doesn't look flat. It would be interesting/entertaining to hear flat Earth apologists argue this away.

Easy: this is a fake construction. How are we truly to believe this is real?

I’d recommend not arguing after a certain point.

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by org3432 » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 6:14 AM UTC

houstonGuy wrote: post #29

Yes thinkpads and Ethernet cable and routers and web servers (IIS and Apache Tomcat) are part of the Operational local network (OpsLan) onboard the ISS - they are used primarily for astronaut (crew) mission planning, procedures and electronic communition - systems that are deemed not to be flight critical and are not directly used in command and control of the spacecraft (think email, documents and other messaging an…

I had an engineer from Boeing reach out to me once for help with the store and forwarding of Ethernet frames from the science experiment outputs. At the time he had a laptop running Qnx that would capture the frames, then when the ISS was over Houston it would replay them for the down link. I wonder if they have a better system in place now.

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by navs » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 6:16 AM UTC

aportnoy wrote: post #4

So the ThinkPad is the NASA laptop of choice?

I can’t tell if that’s a Lenovo era Thinkpad. Would NASA still use thinkpads considering all the hoo-ha when it comes to Chinese tech companies?

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by hamandcheese » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 6:20 AM UTC

freedomben wrote: post #16

Really 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.

You can’t really trip in 0 gravity.

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by sbr464 » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 6:47 AM UTC

sbr464 wrote: post #28

laurynas-s wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, never realised it existed. It moves fast!

You can also ping this every second/few seconds. http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json

Or my personal favorite, who’s in space right now:

http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json

To save you from googling, it's these 3 people:

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Saint-Jacques

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ypiWwh_JEY

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McClain

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iZhMOsc6nQ

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kononenko

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQQgc9z6Bs

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by applecrazy » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 7:41 AM UTC

agildehaus wrote: post #30

unsignedint wrote: post #17

ESA ISS Virtual Tour is also great. http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/virtual-tour-iss/

Also this VR recreation is pretty nice: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1178419975552187/

That simulation made me sick to my stomach in two minutes flat. Of course, everyone has their own tolerance for this kind of stuff, so don’t try this if you’re new to VR.

Still a cool experience nevertheless.

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by dzhiurgis » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 10:12 AM UTC

This is cool, but Google goes all the way to build this rather useless gimmick instead of solving actual support problems that come up here once a week.

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by r3bl » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 10:40 AM UTC

navs wrote: post #31

nevi-me wrote: post #22

From the first view that shows The view of Earth, our planet doesn't look flat. It would be interesting/entertaining to hear flat Earth apologists argue this away.

Easy: this is a fake construction. How are we truly to believe this is real? I’d recommend not arguing after a certain point.

You can find your location here[0] and look up at the right time.

Not saying you should use this as an argument against those people, I've just wanted to share something cool and easy to do.

[0] https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by tempodox » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 11:16 AM UTC

Does this only work in Chrome or is navigating to node 3 always impossible?

Re: Explore ISS on Google Maps

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Post by wilgertvelinga » Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 11:39 AM UTC

hamandcheese wrote: post #34

freedomben wrote: post #16

Really 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.

You can’t really trip in 0 gravity.

It's true that you cannot trip in the narrow sense, where it is gravity that pulls you to the ground after losing your balance. While floating through the station you can however get caught by a loose cable around the ankle, experience a sudden unexpected change of direction/rotation and bump your head into a laptop/wall/ceiling/floor!