Second Life streams the NASA shuttle launch

by Akela Talamasca on Feb 8th 2008 11:00AM

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NASA is serious about their investment in virtual worlds. In addition to gathering information about how best to create their own MMO, they display continued interest in Second Life, as witness the in-world streaming of their recent space shuttle launch.

Even twice removed, the power of a launch still moves the spirit. While watching this short video, keep in mind that yes, the footage is sped up roughly 2x, but that actually helps move things along a bit. It also serves to display the movement of the gorgeous Windlight sky over the amphitheater dome.

[Thanks, Aki!]

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Tags: atlantis, NASA, second-life, space-shuttle, space-shuttle-launch, video, windlight

Reader Comments (1)

Very nice posting, and excellent video! However, other than providing (through their public website) the video stream, NASA really didn't have anything to do with this virtual world event. The International Spaceflight Museum, where this machinima was made, is an independent nonprofit organization that receives no funding from NASA. We have held video-screening events for every shuttle launch since the museum opened its first island (Spaceport Alpha) in June 2006.

Kat Lemieux, founder (Katherine Prawl in RL)
International Spaceflight Museum in SecondLife