Sure thing. Always check that stuff out. Turns out this is all public domain now. Even used on some news programs.
Sam On Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 06:07PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
