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- Strider817, on 10/12/2007, -1/+93Duh, this is pretty obvious to me. Google's going to sponser NASA's plan for a moon base.
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html - toppur, on 10/12/2007, -4/+61Maybe Google bought World Wind and plan to integrate it into Google Earth. That would be cool...
- Blabster, on 10/12/2007, -10/+61Google takes over NASA!
Universe Search Anyone? - primehifi, on 10/12/2007, -13/+61NASA will announce plans to roll out a gigantic 'Google' welcome mat on the moon, visible from earth and beyond.
- TheMatt92, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47I think Google bought the universe.
- justintsmith, on 10/12/2007, -2/+43Google and NASA are announcing a merger, creating the largest concentration of sexually frustrated technology fanatics in one organization
- JeffH, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40Google Space?
- bSimms, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43@superal
Yes, you are the only one that thinks google can buy NASA, cause NASA is a government program, not a company. - hiscity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2005/05_50AR.html
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Laura Lewis
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 358/604-2162/650/604-9000
E-mail: llewis@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Lynn Fox
Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif.
Phone: 650/253-2642
E-mail: lfox@google.com
September 28, 2005
RELEASE: 05_50AR
NASA Takes Google on Journey into Space
NASA Ames Research Center, located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, and Mountain View-based Google Inc. today announced plans to collaborate on a number of technology-focused research-and-development activities that will couple some of Earth’s most powerful technology resources.
NASA and Google have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines plans for cooperation on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence, and encouragement of the entrepreneurial space industry. The MOU also highlights plans for Google to develop up to 1 million square feet within the NASA Research Park at Moffett Field.
“Our planned partnership presents an enormous range of potential benefits to the space program,” said NASA Ames Center Director G. Scott Hubbard. “Just a few examples are new sensors and materials from collaborations on bio-info-nano convergence, improved analysis of engineering problems, as well as Earth, life and space science discoveries from supercomputing and data mining, and bringing entrepreneurs into the space program. While our joint efforts will benefit both organizations, the real winner will be the American public,” he added.
“Google and NASA share a common desire-to bring a universe of information to people around the world,” said Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive officer. “Imagine having a wide selection of images from the Apollo space mission at your fingertips whenever you want it. That's just one small example of how this collaboration could help broaden technology's role in making the world a better place.”
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=unquote= - the_d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30I've never thought about it before, but that would be amazing.
The google maps framework, but with maps of known space, and the capability to zoom in and view photos taken by NASA.
I know that's not what the announcement will be about, but it would still be awesome. - palmdalian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29@xrisnothing
There already is one:
http://www.google.com/mars/ - jaadfoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20@firepowered
Google Earth, under it's previous name of Keyhole, predates Nasa's World Wind. It just didn't receive so much attention back in those days. - datagod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21NASA is announcing that they will be installing adsense boxes in the sky over North America. You want to look at the moon in the sky? Maybe you might be tempted to double click that un-obtrusive text ad for pizza pies?
- Yez70, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19I'd be really impressed if they bought or are launching a Google Earth ultra-hi-res mapping satellite.
- YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Would be some good news for NASA.
- pogfreak, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19so we'll have a moon base in 6-8 weeks. However, it will remain in beta for 30 years.
- seizium, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Balmer, is that you?
- SPrintF, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17After Google Earth, next stop: Google Mars: http://www.google.com/mars/
- MSTK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11A google-earth-in-space similar to Stellarium or Celestia would be nice.
- firepowered, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17It would be cool if they bought World Wind. But IMO, World Wind was the original "Google Earth" so NASA should buy Goolgle Earth and let it be known the NASA WORLD WIND is the better one (which it is)
- masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8You can't really compare Google Earth and NASA World Wind. NASA World Wind is all about viewing Earth and its geological processes and various data about it. Google Earth is about a great interactive map that lets you plan things out. Just because you can get great satellite views on it doesn't mean that that's its main function.
Of course, combining the two would be pretty nice, but I don't think that it would be a good move, business-wise, to combine the two because their target audiences and intended uses are so different. - mcottier, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6No, Google does not equal aliens.
- Thex1138, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9That's no Google....It's a Space Station
- lolwtfhaha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Imagine searching the globe for areas that are 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Once you know all the locations, you could buy properties and make a bundle in the stock market. Think about it.
- Charbax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Google could sponsor the first Humans to Mars mission, placing adwords on the NASA tv live HD video feed during the years that mission is going to take. Also all of the Mission to Mars will be immediately available on Google Video for on-demand view of the recordings from all cameras on the spaceship and later once landed, on Mars.
Just check http://new.marsstuff.com/ for info about the price it will take and how soon we can send Humans to Mars, it's something like 10 billion $ (cost is not more than cost of current Space Shuttle and ISS missions) and less than 5 years time (just need to engineer a new heavy-lifter to low earth orbit and a few other technical details). Those investments are peanuts for Google. - PhilH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It'll probably be a couple of live data layers.
- Allanon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4NASA just wants to talk to Google about adding Google Moon to the shuttles navigation system. :)
http://moon.google.com/ - MasterThief117, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I guess this makes Google a Universal Search engine
/please don't bury me - gedw99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Th upper atmosphere qualitative data has been found to be terrible inaccurate.
The satellites providing the data have large calibration and tolerance differences, and this is now the major thing holding back producing very accurate atmospheric computer models to help predict the effect of green house gases and particulates.
A new satellite is planned that will act as a primary calibrator, and will calibrate itself off the Sun and Moon, enabling the other satellites data to be cross referenced against it. This is a hugely complex undertaking and has only been possible due to some scientific inventions in the last 2 years.
The video explains it all and is a great way to see where the data for climate model comes from and why it is not very accurate at the moment, but the fantatsic progress being make. The google IEarth software will be great to help expose this data to lay persons and allow them to see "with their own eyes" what really happing to our atmosphere thansk to global warning.
"Finding the missing sunlight"
http://npl1.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=99955 - AxeSwinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I would not be surprised if Google was to move a major portion of it's operation (storage and servers) into Ames since a fence is just about the only thing seperating them.
It would make sense, Ames could pretty much provide an unlimited amount of energy and facilities support since the tunnels closed they a have a over abundance of infrastructure.
It will be interesting none the less. - sylvand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It'll be about iEarth..
Called iEarth, the NASA software scours EOS databanks for information and converts it into a file that can be viewed via Google Earth. Choosing a spot on the planet's surface will prompt iEarth to display ground-based measurements for that location, as well as data relating to the atmosphere and space above it.
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19225825.500-nasa-overwhelmed-by-climate-data.html - Daniel8802, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2maybe it will be like the entire solar system ... like a program i use stellarium but with the earth being in there and all you do is type in an NGC # or a Messier # that would be awesome!!
- judsond, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It would also suck, since worldwind images are public domain, and google's aren't.
- astromatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2One of NASA's goals is to promote innovation and development in private industry. Not that Google really needs that much help, but this is going to be great.
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Good, we're glad to have you gone.
- mcottier, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Did you guys see the Britney Spears misspellings! http://www.google.com/jobs/britney.html
- serenityn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1They're renaming Pluto to Google. honest injun.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0
You have to be a real ass hat to not accept the fact that Google will never use or buy a .NET product. - emka, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1World Wind devs know nothing about being bought by Google. Doubt it...
- DucksofAnaheim, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8To save money NASA is going to land astronauts on the "Google-Moon" instead of the real moon :)
- iNoles, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4All your space are belong to Google?
- manatee, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3You gotta love how ZDNet has copied the digg voting style thing. Imitation is the best form of flattery...
- Shaggy3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1NASA helping Google build data storage facilities on moon?
- LavaHot, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2World's first Google from space?
- ampersand2001, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1They are coming out with a new ipod phone without steve jobs knowing?
- Shirk, on 10/12/2007, -17/+12I, for one, welcome our new Google overlords.
- Comanch09, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7Google bought NASA
- anvari, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Google is expanding the 'plex to the Ames campus. :)
- madchemst, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2You know, it may come as a surprise to you but there are geeks that get laid all the time. Just because "we're" geeks doesn't mean we need to look/behave like the guys from Nerds.
- fabriciom, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1I dont know but the most logical thing would be that they add Mars or the Moon to google earth...
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