Science Library Pad

NASA CoLab in Second Life

The SL International Spaceflight Museum blog reports

I'm standing on the new Mars Island in NASA's Space CoLab sim, watching DoctorMike Soothsayer build in the parcel allocated to Glamorgan [Wales] University. See their proposal (Camden Mitchell's blog) for information on their project. Looks fascinating!

The parcels have been going quickly. As soon as SL researchers, builders and educators find out they can get free land courtesy of NASA AND the chance to catch NASA's attention, they all want a piece of the action!

I can't seem to find CoLab SL though :(  I have a lot of trouble with searching in SL actually.

If you look through Camden Mitchell's blog, there is a lot of interesting information about his her experiences in SL, as he she learns how to do things in the environment.  See e.g. Updates: 1) Prim Flower Design. 2) Texture Lesson. 3) NASA Ames Presentation.

UPDATE: Camden sent me a landmark for Space CoLab :)

UPDATE 2006-11-17: You can also just walk to Space CoLab from Spaceport Alpha.

getting a second life

Had an interesting chat with Joanna Wombat on Second Nature
(after Joanna helped me to actually get there)

I don't entirely understand Second Life, but it does seem like a useful environment for 3D stuff.

Right now I'm just kind of thinking about science and visualization.  What would be a useful presence?  A gateway related to specific journals?  To all STM information?  To Canadian S&T?  How much of one's organizational presence in the real world should one try to carry over into SL?