PanoTools:
Re: Partial VR from NASA helmet
Dave 360texas.com 2005-Aug-12 23:27:48
He is not joking - see it here
http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2005/07-July/30-Jul-2005/FBO-
00857309.htm
My next questions would be Are Cubes better than Spheres ?
LOLLLLL
Dave
--- In #removed#, "stevenkan" <#removed#> wrote:
> --- 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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