Google and NASA with another surprise on Monday?
By Benj Arriola - Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006We all know Google and NASA has been teaming up already ever since Google Maps started showing satellite images and Google Earth with a 3D touch to it. Then Google Moon and Google Mars came out. With Cassini’s last flyby over Jupiter, maybe Google Jupiter will soon follow. As mentioned by Garett Rogers earlier today on ZDNet, NASA Ames Schedules briefing to discuss Google Agreement as mentioned in the NASA press release. which will be on Monday, December 18, 2006 at 11:00am Pacific standard time. They will be discussing the Space Act Agreement. A Space Act Agreement’s purpose as taken from the official document:
Sec. 401. (a) The purpose of this title is to authorize and direct the Administration to develop and carry out a comprehensive program of research, technology, and monitoring of the phenomena of the upper atmosphere so as to provide for an understanding of and to maintain the chemical and physical integrity of the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
And with the good research Garett does, he points out iEarth, a software by NASA that had problems putting together various data about the Earth and has used Google Earth to superimpose this data as a solution to their problem. Could this be part of the discussed Space Act Agreement? Will we be seeing atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind direction, wind velocity, amount of rain fall, sea level elevation and other data in Google Earth and Google Maps in the future? Let’s see what news comes out after Monday, December 18, 2006.
5 Responses to “Google and NASA with another surprise on Monday?”
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December 17th, 2006 at 8:41 am
[...] The very first time we saw Google maps having satellite photos for the first time has put us in awe. Then they kept pushing it further with Google Moon, Google Mars, Google Earth, and Google has even setup a campus within NASA grounds. News has it that Google and NASA will be talking about something on Monday, and some speculate it may be about iEarth. [...]
December 18th, 2006 at 8:34 am
[...] (Via Benj Arriola.) [...]
December 18th, 2006 at 10:48 am
Perhaps its in relation to the Google Copernicus Center which they are planning to open in Space.. The Googlelunaplex.. How Kewl..
Check this link:
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
I thought it was one of Google’s humor jokes, but seems its true afterall..
December 18th, 2006 at 10:56 am
Hahaha, that was a good one. Punch lines were all over!
December 18th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
[...] So what was the deal with Google and NASA all about? It’s 1:30pm and their meeting started less than 3 hours ago. [...]