Google Moon?
Anyone with an Internet connection will soon be able to get three-dimensional maps of the moon, or real-time tracking of the space shuttle, after NASA agreed Monday to give more of its imagery and information to Google Inc.The collaboration marks another step in a partnership announced 15 months ago when Google unveiled plans to build a 1 million-square-foot campus at the NASA Ames Research Center, located at Moffett Field, just a few miles south of the company’s Mountain View headquarters.
Under the arrangement, Ames will feed Google with its weather forecasting information, three-dimensional maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the International Space Station and space shuttle flights.
Google already draws upon some of NASA’s imagery to provide Web surfers with interactive tours of Mars as part of a 9-month-old service.