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Free for the rest of us 
- Version: 6.0, 5/21/2008 11:03PM PST
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Phoenix DownUnder
Well its free for us here in Australia... about time we got something for free from the Yanks... After all, your tax dollars go to subsidise food growers over there to the detriment of us more efficient food and resource producers over here, so why not subsidise something that we like for a change. By the way subsidise is the correct English spelling...
Free - I don't think so... - Version: 5.2.3, 11/14/2004 10:29AM PST
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GymW
They may not be charging a fee for this software but it is not free - not unless they did it on their own time as a hobby. Otherwise it is your tax dollars at work - probably at premium rates. Frankly it would not surprise me if this little goodie, when you add in administrative, overhead, and support costs goes into the 4, 5 or possible 6 figure range. This is who we are talking about: "The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at Columbia University in New York City, is a division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences Directorate and a unit of the Columbia University Earth Institute." These people do not come cheap!
These are probably your tax dollars at work and I hope you feel that a sunclock for the planet Mars is worthy of the expenditure.
And for those of you that do, and also believe that Steve Jobs is a miracle worker I suggest you do the following:
Email Steve and suggest that he have Edgar Rice Burroughs arise from his grave, contact John Carter of Mars and establish an Apple Dealership on Barsoom(Mars) perhaps in Gathol. That way there will be a distribution channel for Mac's on Mars in a major city that may create a demand and use for this product.
These are probably your tax dollars at work and I hope you feel that a sunclock for the planet Mars is worthy of the expenditure.
And for those of you that do, and also believe that Steve Jobs is a miracle worker I suggest you do the following:
Email Steve and suggest that he have Edgar Rice Burroughs arise from his grave, contact John Carter of Mars and establish an Apple Dealership on Barsoom(Mars) perhaps in Gathol. That way there will be a distribution channel for Mac's on Mars in a major city that may create a demand and use for this product.
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Nice! Perfect for my next telescope session... - Version: 5.2.3, 11/14/2004 02:20AM PST
Tice_582
... so I know what I will see! Thanks to the FAQ-window. Thanks for the nice freeware. Otherwise, this is paid by taxes, isn't it? ; ) Than give us moooore planets!! : )
Mars hasn't changed in 200M years, yet this app . . 
- Version: 5.2.2, 3/21/2004 08:14PM PST
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blueskymining
. . has to be updated (or bug fixed?) every couple weeks? Is there that many bugs in this program???
FAN F*$)@#G TASTIC!!!!! - Version: 5.1.3, 2/1/2004 08:19PM PST
The Printer
This is just outa' this world. And there is no pun intended. I stare at it daily and it has opened up a new venue for my son's homeschooling. I am hoping that there will be plug-in files as we drop more and more 'bots' on the red planet. Keep up the fine work. Excuse me I wanna' go stare at mars again.
Nice visualization tool - Version: 5.1.2, 1/14/2004 11:11PM PST
Johnny C
Impressive java application. Thanks for making in public, Goddard. I especially enjoyed the choice of map projections and the smooth sun terminator gradient. Just for grins I compared the output of an earlier version of Mars24's true local solar time at 0-deg lat, 0-deg lon against the Planet Local Time feature of The Aerospace Corporation's Satellite Orbit Analysis Program (SOAP) for Mac OS X. SOAP uses JPL's SPICE propagator for planet positions, velocity, and orientation. The Mars clocks were different by approximately 60 seconds indicating a slight difference in the prime meridian position between the two simulation programs. Looking forward to seeing MOLA terrain in the next version. ;-)
all this needs... - Version: 5.1.1, 12/15/2003 11:50PM PST
Gennx30
is to see the NOSTROMO refinery parked in orbit...
Wow - very cool app. - Version: 5.1.1, 12/15/2003 06:05PM PST
slboettcher
Just in time for my son's Aliens on Mars report!
Nice improvements - Version: 5.1, 11/4/2003 06:21PM PST
JBZoller
This program only continues to get better. I mentor a team of students working with NASA on tracking dust storms in anticipation of the rover landings in January. This program is useful in SO MANY ways--I particularly like viewing the landing sites of past and future robots and the very detailed landscape that can be rotated and moved. I do like the new interface, but perhaps the picture window could become adjustable in the next release. It would make it easier to look at all three windows (time, picture, and prefs) at the same time.
