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Keiron I have been using the beta SNPP8 on a different computer from SNPP7, when I upgrade to SNPP8 will I have to uninstall SNPP7 on the other computer if I want to use SNPP8 on it or can I simply put it on a different hard drive? Also can I keep the beta installed on this computer and will it be updated regularly just like the paid upgraded version will be on the other computer?
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Also Keiron, I wanted to ask about the TESS exoplanet 3D modeling, when will this go into effect and how will this be different from the modeling of exoplanets in SNPP7? Or will the modeling and quantity of exoplanets be the same?
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Also the upgrade price from SNPP7 to SNPP8 will always be 99.95? In the email that was sent out it says this: Introductory Sale Ends 1/31/19
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Keiron Smith Hi Moody,
No, you do not have to uninstall SN7 prior to installing SN8.
On Windows, you can not install the public release version and the beta version of the same program. On Mac, you can.
Where do you see reference to TESS exoplanet 3D modelling? Please link here.
The upgrade price of $99.95 from Pro Plus 7 to Pro Plus 8 is permanent.
Thanks!
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moody hameed Keiron thats great to hear, so I can have both pro pluses installed on the same desktop!
Keiron, about TESS it is here
https://store.simulationcurriculum.com/products/upgrade-to-pro-plus-8
Does this mean the exoplanet 3D models will be the same or different between the two versions and the number of exoplanets will be the same?
- TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and Mars InSight 3D models
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moody hameed Also Keiron do you think one day we will be able to navigate planets (earth, solar system, exoplanets, etc) using keyboard controls and see their landscapes in 3D as we journey across the planet? Maybe one day something like this:
Whole Earth
Complete surface imagery at 15 meters per pixel resolution, plus topography.
http://www.digitaliseducation.com/products-data
And will the Gaia galactic stars dataset be including (complete with exoplanets) any time soon?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(spacecraft)
Gaia is a space observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 2013 and expected to operate until c.2022. The spacecraft is designed for astrometry: measuring the positions, distances and motions of stars with unprecedented precision.[7][8] The mission aims to construct by far the largest and most precise 3D space catalog ever made, totalling approximately 1 billion astronomical objects, mainly stars, but also planets, comets, asteroids and quasars among others.[9]
The spacecraft will monitor each of its target objects about 70 times[10] over a period of five years to study the precise position and motion of each target.[11][12] The spacecraft has enough consumables to operate until about November 2024[13]. As its detectors are not degrading as fast as initially expected, the mission could therefore be extended.[1] The Gaia targets represent approximately 1% of the Milky Way population[10] with all stars brighter than magnitude 20 in a broad photometric band that covers most of the visual range.[14] Additionally, Gaia is expected to detect thousands to tens of thousands of Jupiter-sized exoplanets beyond the Solar System,[15]500,000 quasars outside our galaxy and tens of thousands of new asteroids and comets within the Solar System.[16][17][18]
Gaia will create a precise three-dimensional map of astronomical objects throughout the Milky Way and map their motions, which encode the origin and subsequent evolution of the Milky Way. The spectrophotometricmeasurements will provide the detailed physical properties of all stars observed, characterizing their luminosity, effective temperature, gravity and elemental composition. This massive stellar census will provide the basic observational data to analyze a wide range of important questions related to the origin, structure, and evolutionary history of our galaxy.
The successor to the Hipparcos mission (operational 1989-93), Gaia is part of ESA's Horizon 2000+ long-term scientific program. Gaia was launched on 19 December 2013 by Arianespace using a Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT rocket flying from Kourou in French Guiana.[19][20] The spacecraft currently operates in a Lissajous orbit around the Sun–Earth L2 Lagrangian point.
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