Just got finished watching a two-hour presentation on National Geographic Television (natgeotv.com) about what we would see if we drained all the water out of the Earth's oceans. The computer animation was generated using a program called Fleidermaus. It was awesome. Imagine what kind of flying we could do in a world where canyons are so large they make the Grand Canyon look like a little ditch and mountains are so high they make Mount Everest look like a small hill. The graphics were eye-popping in this show. The mountains and canyons were presented as if they were above water, which they were considering the oceans were drained away. If you get a chance to see this show, watch it. I'm waiting for the day when we can buy scenery add-ons to fly in this surreal world. Imagine the airports that could be designed for FS. We could make Lukla look like child's play...

I had no idea there was a Google Mars. Sounds like a hoot. I saw on TV several months ago a show about two little rovers NASA or JPL or somebody has up there. Beyond fascinating. One rover had one of its six wheels come off, scrape through the dust and discover ice where the conventional thought was that none existed. There was also a portion of the show that had the rover get stuck and somehow, from 40-some million miles away-- they rescued it. This kind of stuff absolutely fascinates me.