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There was an electro-mechanical landing simulator for the Space Shuttle, which "flew" a video camera over a miniature landscape. Unfortunately, it's very hard t
by stcredzero 8y ago
There was an electro-mechanical landing simulator for the Space Shuttle, which "flew" a video camera over a miniature landscape. Unfortunately, it's very hard to search for, because of all of the Space Shuttle simulator products.
EDIT: The lack of references to those electro-mechanical video landing simulators is pretty dramatic. They came at the brief period of time when computers were powerful enough to enable very sophisticated motion control, but too weak for real time 3D simulation. For a brief period of time, they were rare and valuable equipment, then quickly became obsolete junk. There are simply no references to them which show that mechanism!
For an example of that period's motion control as used in VFX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtPA6nIBs5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtPA6nIBs5g
Can anyone help find a reference?
- Gravityloss 8y agoThe technology was originally developed in the Apollo project for the lunar landing simulator and even spawned an optics company called Televue. The scale of Apollo was mind boggling. Astronauts inside a lander mockup and the scenery projected on screens.
- stcredzero 8y agoNASA Vertical Motion Simulator: https://www.cnet.com/news/a-wild-ride-on-nasas-massive-flight-simulator/ https://www.cnet.com/news/a-wild-ride-on-nasas-massive-fligh... Not what we were just talking about, but tangentially related.
- sehugg 8y agoProject LOLA, there's a Gizmodo article about it: https://gizmodo.com/project-lola-is-a-bizarre-snapshot-from-the-history-of-1727876584 https://gizmodo.com/project-lola-is-a-bizarre-snapshot-from-...