Taking a ride on the moon

CNET ^ | 9/1/2006 | Stefanie Olsen

[rom]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Commercial space entrepreneurs are developing rockets to take tourists to the moon someday. But a software maker has gotten 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 the moon in a 3D game, letting players drive the lunar surface, gaze at the galaxy or study objects that were left by NASA astronauts on real missions. Virtue Arts

The company showed off its application for the first time Thursday here at NASA Ames Research Center. NASA Ames plans to use the software to engineer space vehicles and train astronauts for future missions, and Virtue will sell lunar exploration software to schools and consumers beginning this fall.

[rom]

This is a self serving thread somewhat :). The company I work for is the one in the article, so I thought I would share! They quote me in the article. Here's a press release from NASA Ames: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_62AR.html

If this isn't kosher, please feel free to pull the thread! They didn't place the actual screenshots of the LRC product in the article (strangely enough) but only put shots of Lunar Explorer.

[grey_whiskers]

I've got the original software right here!

Cheers!

[rom]

LOL!