NASA's new virtual tours of the Space Station and new Mars Rover exactly approximate the sensation of not being in space

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/nasas-new-virtual-tours-of-the-space-station-and-new-mars-rover/

NASA's grabbed Microsoft's fancy Photosynth software once again to build virtual tours of the International Space Station and a full-scale model of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover. The interface lets you dive through endless, 3D-oriented photographs of the station's modules, both inside and out, and gives a really good impression of the size and complexity of the lab-on-wheels NASA is prepping for a 2011 mission to Mars. It's not like being there, but it's a good way to kill a lazy Saturday morning.

[Via PhysOrg]

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