Show HN: Three.js Mars terrain explorer using NASA MOLA and ESA Hipparcos data

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a year ago

Hi Hacker News, I recently participated in a 24-hour hackathon and Levelsio inspired I built using Claude a browser-based Mars exploration game using real telemetry data from NASA's MOLA and ESA's Hipparcos missions. If you have a high-resolution screen, you can even see an accurate star map in the night sky. I'm currently hosting it at mars.paulius.trade for the next month and am curious to see how much of a Mars exploration experience can run entirely within a browser.

One interesting direction I'm considering is deriving APIs from this project - specifically for Mars elevation data and star positions based on lat/long coordinates. This could enable developers to build their own location-aware Mars applications or accurate celestial visualization tools without having to process the raw data themselves. I'd love your feedback, and contributions are very welcome!