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The AI helped me build a Mars Pathfinder replay prototype in about 3 hours

Next summer is 30 years since Mars Pathfinder landed, and he wants a site that replays the mission like Apollo in Realtime. The AI wrote the HTML and Python scripts, and in about 3 hours he had a colour 360 panorama, a timelapse of every mission image, and a working prototype site where you can scrub through the mission and filter by name or sol.

This only partly worked. Read what happened before you try it.

How it works

  1. The AI writes HTML and Python scripts
  2. Gallery panorama images are pulled down and a colour 360 panorama is made
  3. A timelapse of every mission image is stamped over the panorama
  4. A prototype web page lets him scrub, filter by name or sol, and play at real time or faster

Why it’s worth knowing

He cannot code at all. In one afternoon the mission archive turned into a panorama, a full mission timelapse and a site he can scrub through.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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