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I actually have an idea I have been meaning to approach NASA with, but was looking for the right time. I didn't just want to cold call. By the way, did anyone get that link to work? It acts dead when I click on it. I have developed an advancement in displaying VR panoramas that allow panoramas to be displayed in a way that they haven't been able to until now. As a first product, I took some of the Moon and Mars 360-degree and other panoramas and put them in this algorithm, and they came out extremely well. I was thinking that NASA could put something like this out for free, the 'NASA Screensaver', if you will, to remind people how fascinating Space exploration is -- and how beautiful. So many times, we see the stills in the newspaper, but I didn't really know how beautiful Mars and the Moon really are until, on a whim, I decided to look into the idea for a first stab with my new algorithm. I have two freeware examples of a larger product I am selling for 10 bucks. I'd much rather give it a way for free, but the processing for each panorama is not trivial and takes about a day each, and since the file sizes are large, bandwidth costs a lot of money, too. But, with a small grant, I could release the entire package and do many more. What do you think? You can download the freeware high-resolution examples at: www.19thparallel.com/rubalkhali.zip -- 360-degree panorama of 'Rub al Khali', an amazingly beautiful Sahara-like portion of Mars and www.19thparallel.com/DlDemo.zip -- Crater of Clues on Mars: A better example of the sharpness of the panoramas. At www.19thparallel.com are thumbnails of the rest of the panoramas, and also a link to a softpedia.com page that verifies the absence of any spyware/viruses/adware. If anyone can suggest of other ways I can give them away for free and do more (there are 15 now, but I'd like to see about 50), I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Rob Nelson rob@19thparallel.com