ORBTS

Tara MannMarch 18, 2013Senior Thesis II

What is orbts?

Orbts is a mobile application, allowing casual space-lovers to explore and learn about space visually.

There is little pressure to read long articles or be scientifically knowledgable. The idea is that anyone can simply open Orbts when they would like to see little bits of space, here and there. NBD.

not to be confused with

or

Structure

home

top menu

explore collection

images & videosSearch

featured content

missions

I’m sure this will change as I design.

doesn’t this diagram kind of look like a giant robot?

Who is orbts for?

Casual space-lovers.

People who enjoy looking at photos of space, but who don’t feel like rifling through NASA’s archives.

People who are curious about space, but not in a scientific way.

People who saw the movie Apollo 13 and thought it was cool/interesting.