Thanks to a collaboration between the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy and Mozilla’s Ignite competition, you can simulate a future trip to the red planet inside your browser with the Mission to Mars 3D Experiment.
This educational game/tool challenges you to plan and carry out two missions off the bat.
First, you devise a rocket launch scheme to send an emergency resupply payload to a science colony on Mars, using a planetary orbit simulator.
After you master “the slingshot”, you pilot a Mars Curiosity rover clone, using its onboard instruments to locate a good spot to drop a greenhouse module. I decided to launch my mission using the private SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and had it arrive at Mars on my birthday … in 2038.
I’ll be old, but what a birthday present, eh?
I am a certified Mars Rover pilot, and you can be too =) try it here:
http://mars.webmaker.org/
great website and animation
ReplyDeletewhy are all the planets spinning but Sun is not? ;)
ReplyDeleteI guess, is too hot and has no reason to show off :P
ReplyDeleteDoes Sun actually spin? If it is all gaseous, how does it get a momentum to spin all together?
ReplyDeleteEach and every thing spins. Sun spins ALOT. Massive angular momentum.
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