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Google and NASA team up for space exploration

Posted Dec 18, 2006 at 10:45PM by Rio S. Listed in: News, NASA Tags: Mars, Google, International Space Station, Michael Griffin, Ames
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Google and NASA Ames Research Center, two entities that are seemingly worlds apart, have recently signed a Space Act Agreement, resulting to a partnership formed between said agencies. With this new partnership, they plan to tackle various technical problems that both parties struggle with: data management and computing, and human-computer interface.

First off, Google and Ames plan to focus on having NASA's most useful information available on the Internet. There are a lot of interesting things that will hopefully be available in the near future, like real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle.

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin says,

This agreement between NASA and Google will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars. This innovative combination of information technology and space science will make NASA's space exploration work accessible to everyone.


NASA and Google have other plans to work together in a number of different collaborations which includes joint research, products, education and many others.

But are they really worlds apart? On one hand is Google, a private company that specializes on innovative search technologies and connects users to information they seek. NASA on the other hand, is a federal agency that has more information about our planet and space than any other entity in the world. On second thought, this might just be a perfect match.

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   by badam - 2006-12-18
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I want to check that face on mars now.

   by Hoonatic - 2006-12-19
 » "every American"?
So this is not open to the rest of the world then?
Oh yes, I forgot - America is the only country in the world. How stupid of me.



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