SolarBeat
Luke just demoed this at Codebar. It’s a lovely audio/visualisation of the solar system—a sonic orrery that you can tweak and adjust.
Hypnotic.
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The Orrery at The Interval: An Invitation to Long-Term Thinking — Blog of the Long Now
The Long Now Foundation has been posting some great stuff on their blog lately. The latest is a look at orreries, clocks, and computers throughout history …and into the future.
SpaceTime Coordinates Memento ~ your personal place in space by govy — Kickstarter
This is a rather lovely idea—a disc with eight rings, each marked with the position of a planet, the arrangement of which corresponds to a specific date.
The Radiation Threat to “The Martian” (PDF)
This is something that has been bugging me ever since reading the book:
While Andy Weir does a good job of representing the risks faced by Mark Watney, stranded on Mars and confronting one life-threatening challenge after another, he is silent on the threat of radiation, not just to Mark but particularly to the crew of the Hermes as they contemplate executing a daring rescue mission that more than doubles their time in deep space.
Well, this paper answers all my questions.
If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system
A lovely visualisation that combines two of my loves: space, and the correct use of the subjunctive.
Solar System Scale Model
This web page is half a mile wide.