I said, we don't have any, but I promise you, we're really good at it," Mars laughs. "I sent a media request to NASA, telling them that we wanted to create an educational video about the James Webb Space Telescope and they were like, okay, show us some education videos. "What did we have to lose?" Spawrks says. Incredibly, one of their fans works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and suggested they see if they can get in. Mars tells me that, months ago, he and Spawrks had asked their community for ideas. These videos inspired Mars and Spawrks to find new ways to educate people about actual science using Elite Dangerous. Their video, demonstrating how to find the probe, highlights the fundamental authenticity that ties Elite Dangerous and our own galaxy together. Until he rediscovered it last month.īy mapping Voyager 1's real-life trajectory in game and extrapolating it to account for the distance it traveled over a thousand years (Elite Dangerous is set during the year 3303), Mars was able to determine its new location nearly 2 million light seconds from Earth. For two years, the Voyager 1 space probe has been lost inside of Elite Dangerous. Mars explains that, around a month after its initial discovery in-game, the Voyager 1's signal stopped broadcasting and the probe disappeared as it drifted beyond the boundary of the solar system. Frontier Developments originally added the probes as an easter egg and, for several weeks, players could easily track the probe by locking onto its signal. But one of the most intimate ways Elite blends fact and fiction is with the inclusion of the Voyager space probes. After all, it was created from a data provided by NASA's own probes. There's countless ways the galaxy of Elite Dangerous mirrors our own. "I felt kind of bad about that."īut why would NASA allow two small-time YouTubers who make videos about Elite Dangerous to visit their Goddard space center? Mars and Spawrks aren't entirely sure, but I have a hunch that their more recent videos have a lot to do with it. "The first thing I did was livestream it and show everyone," he confesses. While Frontier wished to keep the location somewhat secret, Mars couldn't resist. They actually sent us!" Mars says excitedly. "The next time we both log on, we were out there and I'm like, oh my god, that's the whole galaxy. What they didn't realize, is that Mars would be that friend. Frontier agreed and even let them choose a friend to take with them. So Mars had a friend ask the same thing for his birthday. But at the same time, our sense of the galaxy is much grander. Anyway, if you know about the compass and know you're on the right pad, then the above post isn't for you.Everyone in Elite has a perverted sense of time and distance. I haven't experienced that, but I have had trouble getting to the exact right spot on the landing pad without the beeping gizmo helping, but after a minute of crawling along over every inch of the pad I've always eventually found it. I realize this is basic stuff, especially for all the people here who've been playing since rocks were hot, but I've seen a couple "Why is my landing pad number disappearing?" posts, so I thought this might be helpful.Įdit: People have indicated that there is a bug whereby the pad allocated to you doesn't accept you. (I'm not sure if the little beeping landing help gizmo is always supposed to start up, or if less sophisticated landing areas are not supposed to have that functionality.) Solid dot means the object of interest (your pad, in this case) is in front of you, while a hollow dot means it's behind you.Īlso, if the beeping landing help gizmo doesn't start up, you can still dock if you land your ship in the right spot anyway. The compass is the little circle with the little light blue dot in it, on the left side of your dashboard. News, banter, CG & GalNet updates, and a bit of music too Dangerous Links CommunityĮlite Dangerous news & discussion live podcastĬQC Deathmatch on Xbox One with prizes from Pixel BanditsĬM team playing & discussing the game's events Post/comment not appearing? It may have entered our AutoModerator's event horizon. Read the Subreddit's Rules and Removals Info Page before posting
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