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Hubble Systems Cutaway

An interactive 3D exhibit of the Hubble Space Telescope built around NASA's official model, with subsystem hotspots, cutaway and overlay views, and a guided tour.

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About this project

This experiment was performed to see how well Claude Code could use existing 3D models from the internet. It did not perform quite to the level I was hoping for, as it was not able to find representative models for the components inside the Hubble telescope, but it made a reasonable attempt, and it is understandable why it was not able to meet my expectations for this experiment. It seems that something complicated with very strict requirements would currently rely on those types of models being provided up front, before coding with an AI tool begins.

Screenshots

Guided tour stop 3 of 11, Follow the Light: a glowing beam traced down the telescope tube past labels for incoming starlight, the secondary mirror and the primary mirror, with the tour card below. (view full size)
The guided tour's optics stop, which overlays the light path from aperture to focal plane.
Guided tour stop 8, Power from Sunlight: orange solar-wing volumes and battery bay markers highlighted on the model, with the Earth limb at lower right and the tour card below. (view full size)
The electrical power tour stop with the solar arrays and battery bays highlighted.
Initial exhibit view: the textured Hubble model against a starfield with numbered callout labels such as Aperture Door, Optical Assembly, Solar Arrays and Batteries, and the view and lighting menus on the left. (view full size)
The default Callouts view with all twelve subsystem labels visible.

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