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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderSo, if you've ever seen anything that looks like this, but is also slowly spinning, the spinning isn't just to look cool. The spinning, even very slow and gentle, can help give a sense of the 3D depth of the space. Even just fractions of a degree/sec can be very helpful. I recommend trying to toss in some slow constant rotational motion and see if it helps get a sense of the space. At least based on my browser, you've…
Reminds me of the anime Planetes, about a group of space garbage collectors. In the opening scene, you're shown an innocuous looking screw floating in orbit for something like 10 seconds, and then suddenly a traveling ship appears from the distance, and the screw goes straight through like a bullet, causing all the passengers to die. I don't know how realistic that was, but it really set the tone for the importance of the characters' job in keeping the orbits…
Very good visualisation, even better than the other one that was posted here recently because this takes altitude and in fact the entire orbit into account too.
Not mine - but looks very interesting
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 885
- Total comments
- 195
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-06 | Stuff in SpaceFirst breakout · Best thread | andygambles | 629 | 130 |
| 2017-02-15 | Stuff in Space | aghillo | 2 | 1 |
| 2017-02-16 | Stuff in Space: A realtime 3D map of objects in Earth orbit, built using WebGL | MrsPeaches | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-03-23 | Stuff in Space | bharadhwajcn | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-03-24 | Visualisation of satellites | tsaprailis | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-09-22 | Stuff in Space | cyber_dude | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-12-19 | A realtime 3D map(WebGL) of objects in Earth orbit | dudube | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-03-07 | Stuff in Space | walrus01 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-04-05 | Stuff in Space – realtime 3D map of objects in Earth's orbitHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | quakeguy | 223 | 63 |
| 2019-10-22 | Stuff in Space | mooreds | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-02-08 | Stuff in Space | EndXA | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-04-25 | Stuff in Space is a realtime 3D map of objects in Earth orbit | 1cvmask | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-05-31 | Stuff in Space | jsjohnst | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-05-10 | Stuff in Space | melenaboija | 5 | 1 |
| 2021-11-02 | Stuff in Space | ggoo | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-12-14 | Stuff in Space | sethbannon | 1 | 0 |