If the Moon were one pixel...

Fr8monkey · 03-07-14, 02:39 PM

nikimcbee · 03-07-14, 02:59 PM

You would need 913 of these screens lined up side-by-side to show this whole map at once.

It was pretty interesting to see the scale of Jupiter in relation to it's moons.

Jimbuna · 03-07-14, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

You would need 913 of these screens lined up side-by-side to show this whole map at once.

It was pretty interesting to see the scale of Jupiter in relation to it's moons.

Thank you professor

Fr8monkey · 03-07-14, 03:07 PM

Kinda makes you feel really small...

To go to Alpha Centurai, then next nearest star, you would have to take the whole Sun to Pluto map and multiply that by 6,860!

BrucePartington · 03-07-14, 04:35 PM

Mars is the farthest we can travel to with the current technology. Farther out (or in) will require Star Trek like tech: warp drive, shields, holodecks, even cryo tubes.
And of course, computers to play video games.
In order to take your mind away from the fact that you are traversing a mind boggling vast emptiness inside a metallic vessel you cannot exit, while time seems to have stopped, you can escape into playing, say, Silent Hunter, uninterrupted.

Interestingly, I got a different screen count of how many side by side screens the map would take up. It seems the map can detect your screen size/resolution.

Wolferz · 03-07-14, 04:49 PM

I got all the way out to Pluto and my PC crashed.

Now I'm marooned on Pluto. Thanks Fr8monkey.

Jimbuna · 03-08-14, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I got all the way out to Pluto and my PC crashed.

Now I'm marooned on Pluto. Thanks Fr8monkey.

That can't be all that bad, at least you got past Uranus

Spoon 11th · 03-08-14, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Fr8monkey

Enjoy the side scroll...

Turn off CSS and you can scroll down.

03-07-14, 02:39 PM	#1
Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	If the Moon were one pixel... Enjoy the side scroll... __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

03-07-14, 02:59 PM	#2
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	You would need 913 of these screens lined up side-by-side to show this whole map at once. It was pretty interesting to see the scale of Jupiter in relation to it's moons. __________________

03-07-14, 03:07 PM	#4
Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Kinda makes you feel really small... To go to Alpha Centurai, then next nearest star, you would have to take the whole Sun to Pluto map and multiply that by 6,860! __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

03-07-14, 04:49 PM	#6
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I got all the way out to Pluto and my PC crashed. Now I'm marooned on Pluto. Thanks Fr8monkey. __________________ Tomorrow never comes Last edited by Wolferz; 03-07-14 at 05:02 PM.

03-07-14, 04:35 PM	#5
BrucePartington XO Join Date: May 2013 Location: KM AM99 Posts: 405 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Mars is the farthest we can travel to with the current technology. Farther out (or in) will require Star Trek like tech: warp drive, shields, holodecks, even cryo tubes. And of course, computers to play video games. In order to take your mind away from the fact that you are traversing a mind boggling vast emptiness inside a metallic vessel you cannot exit, while time seems to have stopped, you can escape into playing, say, Silent Hunter, uninterrupted. Interestingly, I got a different screen count of how many side by side screens the map would take up. It seems the map can detect your screen size/resolution.