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Cyber Planets: Building Virtual Worlds to Explore

Posted by timothy on from the real-artifice dept.

core plexus writes "Space.com has an interesting article on 'Cyber Planets': NASA plans to create hundreds of 'synthetic planets' that might represent real worlds orbiting faraway stars. Also tells about the Planetary Finder Mission, and an interview with one of the creators. Doesn't describe what software they're using, though."

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  1. Old project by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny

    But everyone knows they've been running this project since at least 1969 when they produced synthetic views from the surface of the moon...

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  2. Alien planets... by Spudley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't describe what software they're using, though.

    It's "Elite II - Frontier". :-)

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