static function/object accessibility

[marcel]

Well, it is pretty hard to see anything without debugging.
I recommend doing so in the constructor.

BTW: "EARTH Earth, the 3rd planet from the sun, is approximately four and a half billion years old.". I think it is older than that, but I'm sure this isn't causing the crash . The planet itself should be as old as the solar system.

EDIT: Oh, I read only half a billion years , missed the "four".
Anyway, I see you are on Windows, so debugging should be a lot easier. A step by step debugging should reveal the error.
Did it work before, when you were not using a singleton?


Regards

[vonCZ]

EDIT: Oh, I read only half a billion years , missed the "four".

though i live in CZ, I work for a geologic research institute in Texas... a state in which half the population believes the earth is only 6,000 years old. I've heard Jesus turned water into wine... I guess he turned rocks into oil, too.