Space Cruiser is…an interactive installation designed for 100-200 participants that turns the Hayden Planetarium dome into a giant virtual spacecraft. Together, players will collaborate to navigate a virtual ship through asteroid belts and other dangers — kind of like a massively-multiplayer version of Carl Sagan’s imaginary space vessel from Cosmos.
I wish I was in New York.
15 years to the day he died, we now have confirmed exoplanets smaller than the Earth. The wonder of discovery continues, I only wish he could enjoy the astonishment with us.