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Wow, what an interesting and enjoyable discussion! andersa and Spiff, your posts have been bery well explained. (Just when I thought the web had ruined my attention span, it's nice to be able to sit and read such a long thread in one go!) I have one question though: Could someone explain the differe...

Does anyone know if these first images are the maximum resolution we can expect? What was the resoultion of the cameras on board?

Not that these pictures aren't absolutely fantastic! But I guess I'm just a little spoilt from all the Mars rover pictures we've had over the last year

On to my next project: enabling a new class of object that, now that we have masses, can "free-float" around, being tugged on by the gravity of the N nearest/heaviest objects. Have you seen the 'Mostly Harmless' project? ( http://mostlyharmless.sourceforge.net )Its a game in progress based on Celes...

Astronomers have just discovered this asteroid that shares earth's orbit. here's a quote from the BBC news story on it: Analysis of 2002 AA29's motions have revealed a remarkable event that happens to it every few thousand years. In 550AD, and again in 2600AD and 3880AD, for a while it will become a...

the .xyz sampled trajectories sound great!
but are there any to download, or that will de included with Celesia installation?

what exactly is dynamic bump mapping (as opposed to 'normal' bump mapping?)

http://drtypo.free.fr/index.html I came across this program a couple of days ago (apologies if someone's already mentioned it). It takes heightmaps and texture maps of planets and lets you view it at any detail - from orbiting in space right down to flying through valleys! I know this is a feature ...

Is it possible to post the actual Celestia program file on its own instead of the whole installation?
(Just for those of us with modems & phone bills!)