Test-driving NASA's Moon-landing simulator

We're not even remotely jealous. Our colleague at CNET News, Daniel Terdiman -- the guy who gets to do a massive road trip every summer and call it work -- has used NASA's Moon-landing simulator and written a long piece about how awesome it was. Hmph. The Vertical Motion Simulator, at the agency's Ames research centre, is currently being used to help astronauts prepare for a return to the Moon with the Constellation programme. Check out the photos Daniel took here and the read the full story at CNET News: A wild ride on NASA's massive flight simulator.