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I helped out on "The Right Spin" about the astronaut Michael Foale correcting an uncontrolled roll, after a resupply vessel struck Mir 23. He made calculations on his laptop using Mathematica, including an animation. I converted the animation to broadcast video, exporting the frames and processing them using Photoshop. (Animation starts at 29:53.)

https://vimeo.com/185867583

This wasn't rocket science (at least my part). I cringe now to see the pixelated effects in this "algorithmic art". Unless I'm missing the point, and this retro effect is deliberate?



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