Real-time Curiosity Simulator with Landing Preview(eyes.nasa.gov) |
Real-time Curiosity Simulator with Landing Preview(eyes.nasa.gov) |
I see the animation and how the capsule twists and turns, and I'm nervous, why doesn't the capsule destabilize and start to tumble? It's not spinning (like a bullet) so how come it stays heat shield down?
Perhaps some kind HN-er with aerodynamic knowledge can write a brief answer for the layman (I'm sure others here might have the same question).
Thanks
This is a Java development box, and I tried everything I could think of to fix it. Obviously, other Java apps (even LWJGL using ones) work fine.
Edit: I tried getting it to work under XP in VBox using VBox's guest drivers' OpenGL passthrough, it still didn't work.