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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.18.06/Mon/google-space.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.18.06/Mon/google-space.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1da7874 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.18.06/Mon/google-space.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +It's enough to induce a nerd heart attack -- Google and NASA have [partnered][1] for a "Space Act Agreement." The search behemoth and the U.S. government space agency will team up on a collection of projects aimed at combining, "large-scale data management and massively distributed computing."
Google Maps Mars? Oh yes. The NASA press release says:
>As the first in a series of joint collaborations, Google and Ames will focus on making the most useful of NASA's information available on the Internet. Real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle will be explored in the future.
NASA says there will be Google Earth flyovers available for the surfaces of Mars and the moon in the near future. Do you role that into Google Earth or is it time to re-brand -- Google Universe maybe?
The NASA data comes from the Ames Research Center which is not far from Google's Mountain View campus.
The Google-Ames partnership began to [take shape][2] last year, but this is the first announcement of practical applications and future plans.
So far there is nothing new on the Google site, but we'll be sure to keep you posted.
But the announcement is much more than cool nerdery like Mars flyovers, NASA and Google intend to collaborate in a variety of areas, including user studies and cognitive modeling for human computer interaction.
The announcement also mentions the possibility of "science data search utilizing a variety of Google features and products."
"NASA has collected and processed more information about our planet and universe than any other entity in the history of humanity," says Chris C. Kemp, director of strategic business development at Ames.
"Even though this information was collected for the benefit of everyone, and much is in the public domain, the vast majority of this information is scattered and difficult for non-experts to access and to understand," he adds.
One line toward the end of the press release caught my eye, "NASA and Google also are finalizing details for additional collaborations that include joint research, products, facilities, education and *missions*." (emphasis mine)
Google *in* space? Now there's a thought. Perhaps Google will get around to that global free wifi I've been dreaming of and they've been denying.
[1]: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/dec/HQ_06371_Ames_Google.html "NASA-Google Parter for Space Act Agreement"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,69014-0.html "Wired on Google/Ames"
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