Wow! I chked out the USAir sim & it is VERY cool! Are you sure you are allowed to share that?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Densler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:41 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] More interesting stuff > Since we are talking about world events and stuff...boating related > since US Airways landed in the water and the Iridium collision could > drop debris in the ocean (I know, a big stretch to tie to liveaboards > but interesting nonetheless). > > My wife works for Analytical Graphics, a 3D modeling company that does a > lot of work with NASA, aircraft companies, and others requiring space > based simulations in 3D. AGI just created a couple of scenarios in STK > (Satellite ToolKit) that show the US Airways crash and the IRIDIUM > collision. They are pretty interesting so I wanted to send out the > links in case any of you are interested in checking it out. > > Here is a link to a video showing the Hudson River US Airways crash > modeled in STK using a combination of simulated and Passur data: > > http://www.passur.com/flash/Hudson_River_Landing_Simulation.html > > Also, here is the link to showing what we have done to model the > IRIDIUM-COSMOS collision: > > http://www.agi.com/corporate/mediaCenter/news/iridium-cosmos/ > > > -- > **************************** > > Sam Densler > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.islandfx.com/lady > > S/V Lady of the Lake > PDQ 36, Hull #15 > Melbourne, FL > > S/V Stories She Could Tell > Endeavour 37, Hull #454 > Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 > Reborn and sailing again in 2007 > > **************************** > > "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, > you do it for the stories you can tell." > > Jimmy Buffett > "Stories We Could Tell" > A1A > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
