// By Paul Larpenteur //
// CSE 457 - Au 2003  //
// Project 3 - Trace Artifact Documentation //

// Space Shuttle //

I drew this picture of a space shuttle containing many light sources for stars
and some also for the sun. The image was constructed as follows.

1. There is a giant plane in the background with a yellow Point light and a white
directional light to make the sun appear. You can see the light sources because they
reflect off of this giant plane that is in the background.

2. There are many, many stars which are actually many point light sources located close
to the plane in the distance, which make them look very far away from the viewer.

3. The space shuttle is made our of spheres, cylinders, and cones. The nose cone and
front of the cockpit are spheres, the body of the shuttle is cylinders, and the
wings and tail fin are actually made out of many cones that all start in one place and
go off at different angles to reach the body of the shuttle. You can see this in
debugging view.

4. A giant, transmissive and reflective moon was added to the scene to make it look
really cool.

Final Rendering of 512x512 image done with depth = 1 (higher depths have different
appearances for the moon!) and anti-aliasing using 5x5 rays per pixel. 
Total rendering time: About 80 Minutes

Enjoy,
-Paul