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NASA STEREO Spacecraft Set to Launch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bring-yer-3d-glasses dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As first reported on last year, NASA's STEREO mission is set to launch tonight at 8:38pm EST. The two near-identical spacecraft will give us unprecedented stereoscopic views of the Sun-Earth system, hopefully leading to the creation of the first 3-D movies of the Sun! Launch can be watched live on NASA TV with coverage starting at 6:30pm EST."

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  1. No one has seen the sun in 3D before? by techmuse · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought that when I look at the sun, since I see it with two eyes, I see it in 3D.

    Oh! My eyes! Well, so much for that...

    1. Re:No one has seen the sun in 3D before? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      > > I thought that when I look at the sun, since I see it with two eyes, I see it in 3D.
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      > funny but you do know that stereoscopic vision does not work for things as far away as the Sun? There is like a 30m max for that.

      He's right. I tried switching between my left eye and my right eye to see if I could spot the parallax difference, and I couldn't see a goddamn thing after ten minutes, never mind 30 minutes.

      Nothing to see here, guess I'll move along.

    2. Re:No one has seen the sun in 3D before? by pato101 · · Score: 2, Funny

      There is like a 30m max for that.
      Nice, then all we must do is to place the spaceship at 30m from the sun and take a photo.

  2. Sound in space by ShaneThePain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who says there is no sound in space?

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  3. A Space Stereo? by aarku · · Score: 4, Funny

    They do realize there isn't sound in space, right?

    1. Re:A Space Stereo? by egeorge · · Score: 2, Funny

      There is plenty of sound in space, it just doesn't move.

    2. Re:A Space Stereo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      If a tree falls in space.... .. never mind. It sounded funnier before I posted it.

  4. Don't you think it's truly fantastic.... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...how great inventions discovered while making pornography are now carried on space missions?

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  5. Nearly identical? by subl33t · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which one uses metric?

  6. Re:While it is great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No it would not be better. We simply must have more IMAX movies.

  7. I can't wait to see the Sun in 3D by Centurix · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll bask in its spherical glory.

    I can literally feel the vitamin D oozing from my pores, all I need now is a virtual sun burn.

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  8. Re:obligatory.. by R2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, now, let's not be too hasty. I'm sure the USSR and the Chinese have gone into space. It's only the US that lies about everything.

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