Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope - Fascinating...

This is an off topic post, but if you have not seen this yet, do it...fascinating and I just downloaded the application myself a couple days ago...BD

Microsoft isn’t exactly known for launching free applications, but the Redmond based software giant is slowly but steadily launching more and more free apps for computer users in a bid to better its monopolistic image. Continuing in this vein, it has come out with its WorldWide Telescope app which will let all Windows operating system users view the huge number of images, captured in space by a chain of orbiting telescopes. For this to happen, Microsoft has put all the space images available into one big 12 terabyte server. These images are put together to form interactive guided tours. This, Microsoft hopes will give users the opportunity to delve into the hitherto unknown facets of outer space and learn a lot about what lies beyond our little blue planet.