A Three Part Tutorial and a Vision for Creating
a Web-based Mission Visualization System

Part 1 of the tutorial series explains how to generate
a trajectory data file with the General Mission
Analysis Tool(GMAT) and to produce a simple
web-based mission visualization.

Part 2 of the tutorial series explains how to
apply a texture map to an X3D sphere and animate
an X3D object to follow the GMAT generated trajectory.

Part 3 of the tutorial series explains how to
write a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) converter,
import an X3D model, and use the HTML5 Filereader API.
Before starting Demo 3, copy and paste the Input Data
into a text editor, save the file with a *.txt
extension, and upload it with the browse button Demo 3.

Input Data

Before starting Demo 4, copy and paste the Output Data
into a text editor, save the a file with a *.json
extension and upload it with the Browse button on Demo 4.

A vision for a Web-based Mission Visualization System
(WMVS)involves provding tutorials and example source code
to a community of developers and space mission designers.
This document presents a vision, use cases, desirable
functions and features, and needed skills for a WMVS.