Mach Jesus I’m stealing that
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Hex@hexbear.net 5 days agoIs it weird that that picture is somehow shocking to me? Like intellectually I know that asteroids are just rocks flying through space, but they always had some sort of “specialness” to them that this picture strips away. It really is just a rough hunk of whatever the fuck flying through space at mach jesus
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 days ago
doug@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Yeah I felt the same way when I saw it. Just kinda sobering, really. I’m learning Unreal Engine right now for work but I kinda wanna make an experience of a VR “game” where you’re just on a slowly-rotating rock in the void of space, like a stranded astronaut.
YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I played a C64 game where you had missions to visit different spots in the solar system. The space travel part wasn’t realistic, but the scale of the solar system was. I remember having to accelerate to high speeds to cover the distance between objects, then decelerate rapidly to avoid zipping past them. I’m still proud of the fact that I was able to land on Phobos. I think I landed on Ceres, too.