| View Larger Image | Lunar Explorer Virtual Moon | CD-ROMby Lunar Explorer, LLC
| List Price: | $39.95 | |
| | Publisher: | Lunar Explorer, LLC | | Format: | DVD-ROM | | ESRB Age Rating: | Everyone | | Platform: | Windows XP, Windows 2000 | | Model: | LEMB | | Sales Rank: | 25,191th |
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FEATURES | - World's First accurate and realistic Moon simulation for Windows PCs
- Based on real NASA topography of the Moon from the 1994 Clementine Lunar mission
- Fully interactive Lunar environment lets users orbit the Moon, skim the terrain, or land and walk around at will
- Includes all six Apollo landing sites with LMs, Rovers, experiments and equipment; also includes Surveyor and Soviet Luna missions
- Accurate star field with familiar constellations, Milky Way star band, and a visible Earth that actually spins; User controls position of the Sun.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
TWELVE MEN HAVE WALKED ON THE MOON...NOW, IT'S YOUR TURN.
"YOU HAVE CREATED A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO EXPLORE THE MOON. TERRIFIC !"
Dan Curry-Visual Effects Director for Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager
Lunar Explorer lets YOU be the Explorer. You decide where to land on the Moon and which sites to explore. All of the historic landing sites are simulated: 6 Apollo sites, 5 Surveyor sites and 7 Russian Luna sites. Lunar Explorer is based on a breakthrough software architecture called RADE that powers the Moon simulation to run in real time on home PCs. It is a realistic visual experience of being on the Moon. You will be walking on the actual lunar terrain model!
Synthesized detail layers overlay the NASA topography layer. The level of detail at the surface is a breathtaking visual experience.You will believe you are on the Moon!
Additional Features:
· All man made objects can be examined up close and include detailed descriptions
· You can explore the interior of the Lunar Module
·Listen to actual sound bites from the astronauts at each Apollo landing site. · The position of the sun is user controllable with dynamic object shadows · Take snapshots of interesting places. Save, print or email them to your friends. · Standard navigation simulates space flight. Users control thrust and velocity, go into orbit, land on the surface and take off · Free Camera and Auto-Pilot navigation · Gaze at the Earth suspended in Space (if you are on the near side)
Requirements : Windows XP or 2000, DVD Drive, Mouse and Keyboard Minimum Configuration: 800 MHz Pentium 3 CPU, 384MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Disk Space, 64MB Video Recommended Configuration:1 GHz Pentium 4 CPU, 512MB RAM, 8 GB Hard Disk Space, 128MB Video*Note: Only NVIDIA and ATI graphics chipsets are supported. NVIDIA is recommended. It is possible that Lunar Explorer may run on other graphics chipsets with limited graphical capabilities. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 4 reviews)
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Lunar Explorer Virtual Moon by Fran Johnston (Belen, NM USA)  5 Stars
October 17, 2009
This is actually more than a game. It is helpful for people who are interested in finding craters, etc on the moon. With the latest NASA mission, we were able to find exactly where they put the rocket to find water.
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VisionForSpace by Space Visionary (Norwalk , CT USA) 5 Stars
August 11, 2009
Once one gets through the registration maze ...not really that hard, it's really an amazing program. I hear an incredible update is coming henceforth. I'd like to hook up to a Head Mounted Display with head positioning tracking ...apparently this program can do it! Basically, the program provides Desktop Explorers with the most realistic experience ever of actually being on the surface of the Moon.
I've read: Lunar Explorer generates the entire surface of the Moon- 38 million square kilometers - and it renders this terrain in a high level of 3-D stereoscopic detail (at a high performance combined rate of 120 frames per second) in real time.
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Worthless by J. Garza (Houston, TX)  1 Stars
July 12, 2009
Sadly, I ordered this product before Major Schiller's informative review. As a matter of personal policy, I never "register" inexpensive software due to the spam and email/ID theft risks. Be warned that the sticker saying you have to register before the product is unlocked is INSIDE the CD case. There is no warning on the outside. This may affect returns, but is probably defensible. Sure, I'm willing to run their little maze - if they are willing to pay my hourly consultant's fees. As far as I'm concerned, I paid my money and I deserve a working product RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.
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Lunar Explorer Virtual Moon by David Cassimatis (Texas, Dallas) 5 Stars
April 26, 2007
"Visually amazing"....this is a definite bench march for how interactive simulation should be done.
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