Comments on: Microsoft, NASA put universe back on the Web

NASA and Microsoft team up to make data of the universe available to the public via Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope.

[LAR Games]

Pretty cool.

-Luis

[Dave Jones--2008]

If you watch NASA TV, you'll see hundreds of Apple computers used by NASA employees, yet they team up with Microsoft to "enable people
around the world to explore new images of the moon and Mars in a
rich, interactive environment through the WorldWide Telescope", but it's Windows only!
I don't get it.

[wjsteele]

Perhaps you should re-examine your statement... it is not "Windows only!" I just went to the site (http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/) from my Mac (running Leopard) and it worked just fine.

[thomas.clancy]

The desktop software that is downloadable is windows only. But the webclient seems to work on a mac.

[NewsReader_]

Nice...

[VeronicaMcG]

The World Wide Telescope will provide a new way to view the images, but the same images (taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) have been and always will be available the Internet at this site: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ These are amazing high resolution images. Enjoy!

[ewelch]

This is flaed to say the least. I'm not installing Silverlight on my computer. It's simply another tool for Microsoft to push their inferior technology that competes with Flash. I object to my tax dollars being used to promote Microsoft proprietary technology designed to push people to Microsoft-only solutions.

[captain_numerica]

Just in case you weren't aware...

Silverlight is free and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. The development SDK is also free and you can download most of the source code on codeplex.com. You can develop Silverlight applications using the (free) Express editions of Visual Studio, Eclipse on Windows/Mac/Linux or notepad if you want. The technology is standardized and open. (See published CLR specs, Mono, Moonlight.)

Hardly designed to push people to Microsoft-only solutions.

[sblgraphics]

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[manexplor99]

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