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Title: Stuff in Space
Post by: Ben on October 03, 2015, 08:10:37 PM

I think you guys will like this one: Pretty much everything we've ever shot into space in the vicinity of the Earth.

www.stuffin.space

Title: Re: Stuff in Space
Post by: 230RN on October 03, 2015, 08:27:08 PM

Yeah, you can't turn around without bumping into something else turning around.

Title: Re: Stuff in Space
Post by: mtnbkr on October 03, 2015, 08:53:55 PM

so this really is us from a galactic perspective:

(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.therivardreport.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2FDSC_00151.jpg&hash=44b4e655af7dd1d6cccd10e0b9b770ae473bc760)

Chris

Title: Re: Stuff in Space
Post by: RocketMan on October 03, 2015, 11:37:16 PM

That is really cool.  I like how hovering over an object brings up its name.

Title: Re: Stuff in Space
Post by: grampster on October 03, 2015, 11:43:49 PM

Holy Wah!  And you can watch 'em move. [popcorn]

Title: Re: Stuff in Space
Post by: Ben on October 03, 2015, 11:52:23 PM

I'm really impressed that this was someone's undergrad project. All the kids aren't hopeless.  :laugh:

To Chris' point, it really is amazing how much junk is out there now. Totally unscientific, but I was averaging "debris" nine out of every ten clicks when clicking randomly.

The really interesting group (drop down menu in the upper left on the page) is the Iridium 33 crash debris group. That's a lot of space shrapnel!