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Planetary Data System
PDS Operator
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 525-389
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Pasadena, CA 91109
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Software
No additional software is needed for Macintosh or DOS/Windows platforms. Please see the Note below regarding software for other platforms.
Note
Requesters interested in reading this CD-ROM on platforms other than
Macintosh or DOS/Windows, can do so with web browser.
Requesters interested in simply extracting GIF images
from the CD-ROM, rather than the multimedia features of the CD-ROM, can use
any GIF image viewer.
Information
Welcome to the Planets (tm) , an educational CD-ROM produced by NASA's
Planetary Data System, contains over 200 selected images and captions acquired
over 25 years of NASA planetary exploration.
The images on this CD-ROM cover all of the planets in the solar system
including the Earth and Moon, as well as images of comets, asteroids,
meteorites, lunar samples, spacecraft, and many moons of other planets. The
images on Welcome to the Planets are in GIF format to allow the user
to display them using GIF image viewers. Accompanying sound files are also
available for the image captions, so that they can be read aloud by the
computer.
The primary intent of Welcome to the Planets is to provide teachers
with an overview of planetary exploration, at approximately a high school or
college level. However, the expectation is that teachers will use this CD-ROM
at a variety of grade levels. Welcome to the Planets can be used
alone as an introduction to planetary science, or as a tool for solving
problems in conjunction with exercises written by a teacher.
The newest version of Welcome to the Planets (Version 1.5) works on both
MacIntosh and Windows platforms. Also new is a curriculum guide to help
teachers design lessons around the information contained on the CD-ROM. The
curriculum guide may be read from within the program using Adobe Acrobat
Reader version 2.1. Macintosh and Windows versions of these readers are
provided on the CD-ROM.
Macintosh Platforms
A multimedia Macintosh program, WTP.MAC, on the CD-ROM is designed for use on
Macintosh computers. (Operation requires System 7.0 or higher, 8MB RAM, and
a 640x480 screen with 8-bit color.)
DOS/Windows Platforms
A multimedia DOS/Windows program, WTP.EXE, is included in the WTP folder
found in the top level directory of the CD-ROM. (Operation requires a 640x480
VGA display screen.)
Alternatively, you may install the program onto your hard drive by using
PCINSTAL.EXE. Please see the readme documents on the CD-ROM.
Web Browsers
An hypertext file, WELCOME.HTM which is on the CD-ROM, can be used
with any web browser software on any platform.
Web browser software is not on the CD-ROM.
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Out of Stock.
NSSDC is currently out-of-stock of one or more volumes of
this set. We expect to get more as soon as possible. Your
order will be shipped in phases as volumes become available.
You have the option of paying for the entire set at once, or
paying as the volumes become available.
(Welcome to the Planets is dedicated to Dr. William L. Quaide, Chief
Scientist (Ret.) of NASA's Office of Solar System Exploration.)
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