Perhaps the most amazing aspect of the brand new, unique space simulation program, 3DAstronomer, is its uncanny ability to capture the imagination and excitement of its users. People who have dreamed about visiting distant planets since the time they were children are astounded by the capabilities and incredible imagery 3DAstronomer provides. With 3DAstronomer, you can take a journey and see the surface of the blazing hot sun. Be stunned as you approach this radiating star with a golden luminous sphere around it. Watch the animated solar flares erupt from its surface. Position yourself above Jupiter and watch as its large moons drift across the face of the planet, casting multiple eclipse shadows on its banded clouds and Great Red Spot. Move beyond our galaxy and look back at the spectacle that is the Milky Way. Embrace the spirit of past space explorers: As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, I sort of realize there’s a fundamental truth to our nature, Man must explore . . . and this is exploration at its greatest. — Dave Scott, Commander Apollo 15, upon becoming the 7th man to walk on the Moon, 31 July 1971.