Spectacular Fun: Introducing Voyager III

OK. Doc is a Geek. And his passion for fun technology is legendary and irresistable. So he shows me this free, downloadable demo version (enthusiastically underlined, bolded and italicised because I couldn't believe it was only a demo) of this astronomy program called Voyager III. He uses it almost every night with his five-year-old Jeffrey. And we spend the next half-hour at least speeding through the universe. And, no, it's not a game, it's a scientific instrument. A guide to the heavens and the celestial events therein playing. And, because it gives you so much to play with, it's truly spectacular fun.

There's a big lesson here about fun and toys and games and stuff. But there's an even bigger lesson waiting - one about the whole darn universe!