PanoTools:
Re: Partial VR from NASA helmet
stevenkan 2005-Aug-12 22:52:35
--- In #removed#, "stevenkan" <#removed#> wrote:
> > It's not perfect, there is distortion around the edges - I don't
know
> if
> > this is a flaw in my method, or because NASA's helmets aren't
> perfectly
> > spherical!
>
> I wonder if anyone on this list is from NASA. I can see the
> conversation now:
>
> NASA budget director: "Why are the new helmets $500,000?
> NASA program manager: "Because now they're optically spherical"
> BS: "Why do they need to be optically spherical?"
> PM: "Uhh. There's an ummm, extremely technical, umm, requirement that
> they be perfectly spherical. You wouldn't understand."
Heh. Irony of ironies: immediately after posting this, I checked my
email, and the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center's procurement mailing
list shows a new requirement for "Title: PRECISION OPTICAL CUBES
Solicitation Number: NNG05113481Q"
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