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Remember the old lunar lander game? Someone needs to make a Philae Lander game. for those that weren't around in 1979: https://www.atari.com/arcade/lunarland
by ck2 12y ago
Remember the old lunar lander game?
Someone needs to make a Philae Lander game.
for those that weren't around in 1979:
https://www.atari.com/arcade/lunarlander/play#!/arcade/lunarlander/play https://www.atari.com/arcade/lunarlander/play#!/arcade/lunar...
(js version http://www.somethinghitme.com/projects/jslander/ http://www.somethinghitme.com/projects/jslander/ )
- iliis 12y agoYou can always reenact it in Kerbal Space Program ;)
- marvin 12y agoLanding on Gilly, the asteroid orbiting Eve in KSP, will give an idea of the challenges of the low-gravity environment Rosetta/Philae are operating in. The Rosetta comet has lower gravity, though, by two orders of magnitude. http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Gilly http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Gilly
- iliis 12y agoIndeed, KSP gives a good intuition about orbital mechanics and space travel. It makes you appreciate the skills of NASA/ESA/... engineers even more! Also, KSP now has 'real' asteroids! http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Asteroid http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Asteroid