Google Moon Debuts

Ian writes "From the FAQ: 'One small step for Google... On July 20, 1969, man first landed on the Moon. A few decades later, we're pleased to cut you in on the action. Google Moon is an extension of Google Maps and Google Earth that, courtesy of NASA imagery (thanks, guys!), enables you to surf the Moon's surface and check out the exact spots that the Apollo astronauts made their landings.'"

Comments

Conspiracy!

[Slartibartfast]

If you zoom in to maximum resolution, you'll find "proof" we never landed there. ;-)

Re:Conspiracy!

[Anonymous Coward]

And if you zoom all the way out you'll see the blatant proof that the moon is a godless, souless, monotonous place devoid of imagination.

Re:Conspiracy!

[wpiman]

What I want to know is how the Swiss got their first?

Re:Conspiracy!

[DrEldarion]

Oh, stop being such a tinfoil-hat. The FDA determined that the cheese, being covered in all sorts of different green space molds, was unfit for human consumption.

Re:Conspiracy!

[The Patient]

Probably the same way many of us in other countries did: an opportune moment arose (!) while we were over at our girlfriend's house and her parents were away.

Re:Conspiracy!

[AhtirTano]

The pictures are obviously faked--you can't see any whalers anywhere.

Re:Conspiracy!

[iamlucky13]

I sure hope you can't see the rover tracks in all of them. If I remember correctly, Apollo 15 was the first mission to carry a rover. This is just proof that the moon landing was a conspiracy and the tracks must be from trucks hauling all the camera and sound gear, the "astronauts," and the fake landers to the "landing site."

You'd think they would've at least been smart enough to scatter the tracks with a broom so those in the tin-foil hat mafia with nice telescopes wouldn't be able to unravel the mystery so easily.

Awesome...

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I can find the best route to work. If they get Google Moon Ride Finder up and running I'll be all set.

Obligatory joke coming..

[Paska]

Google Overlords: Earth, check. Moon, check.

I, for one, welcome our new Moon overlords.

Re:Obligatory joke coming..

[m50d]

5 posts and we haven't had a "that's no moon..."? What's this place coming to?

Re:Obligatory joke coming..

[Minwee]

Ahem.

"That's no moon, that's a search engine!"

Is everybody happy now?

Now we can all see the studio.

[Anonymous Coward]

Since we all know that the moon landings were faked, I'm sure we are all looking forward to seeing the studio on the lunar surface where they filmed it all.

Re:Now we can all see the studio.

[Adrilla]

If the moon landing were faked, then the studio would NOT be on THE MOON

Re:Now we can all see the studio.

[JonasH]

You'd have to appreciate the irony of it though.

<moviemaker> Sir, to realisticly fake this moonlanding, we need special gravity conditions.
<superior> Like what?
<moviemaker> Well, the best place to film it would be.. on.. you know, the moon.
<superior> We can arrange that.

Just shows that the real money is in movie-making.

Falsified

[Arthur B.]

I can't even see Dr. Evil giant "laser" !

Wow...

[troon]

If you zoom all the way in... oh, wait. Redundant, yeah?

You bastards, you've slashdotted GOOGLE!

[dlawson]

I can't believe you did this!

something is missing

[circletimessquare]

i can't get driving directions to those locations

haha

[Rinisari]

Hey, the moon IS made of- *by the time this message is posted, 500 other geeks will have beat me to the end of that sentence and have already posted what everyone is going to find out within 30 seconds of looking at the site*

Finally!!

[EqualOrLesserValue]

I hate getting lost there. I never remember where to turn left. The craters all look the same. My wife always complains.

Shazbat, Google!

Re:The Secret the Government Doesn't Want You to K

[Adrilla]

wow...not only did Ian beat me on submitting the story, but then when I thought I was gonna be cool and show all of slashdot "the secret", I got beaten there too. I just can't win with this google moon story. Oh well, maybe I can submit a dupe?

Re:Juvenile humor

[ozbon]

A serious system fault has occurred in your programming. Please reboot humour.exe ( or humor.exe for American jokes ) immediately.

It's True!

[Panaphonix]

Instead of putting down an American flag, they installed a big letter A! I wonder why I can't see it at night?

Re:It's True!

[Megane]

I'm more worried about where they hid the "H" than about the "C" and "A".

Re:It's True!

[Alien Venom]

Do you remember Apollo 13 landing on the moon? I sure don't. Doofus.

Goatse

[Anonymous Coward]

http://uranus.google.com/

But don't zoom in!

In other news ...

[Geshiggity]

Microsoft is developing a clone of Google Moon, called Microsoft Noom. However, to enhance the moon-viewing experience, Microsoft will give the user the ability to add virtual smiley faces on the face of the moon and change the color of the moon.

Re:So when's Mars coming up?

[Spacejock]

Absolutely... Because we're all keen to find the nearest Mars Bar.

Hmm...

[iamdrscience]

Okay, there were 6 moon landings, so let's see what the Google Moon grand totals are...

"Interesting" places to look at: 6
Boring places to look at: 6,000,000

Re:The Secret the Government Doesn't Want You to K

[OohAhh]

No. Somebody else is already doing that too.

Re:Google Moon CONTEST ! Find the face

[szo]

the face is on the mars...

What? No Wallace and Grommit landing site?

[kriegsman]

The full-zoom view of the Moon is worth the price of admission all by itself. ("That's it Gromit....che..eeese. We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!")

It's too bad that they don't identify all the other historically significant moon landing and lunar event sites -- Wallace and Grommit's landing site from "Grand Day Out" (1991), the big splat from "A Trip To The Moon" (1902), the nuclear explosions opposite Moonbase Alpha (September 13, 1999). Now that I think about it, it's probably only a matter of days before someone makes this as a Google Moon Hack.

-Mark

No Starbucks nearby?

[chiph]

Amazingly, a local search turns up no Starbucks coffee shops in the area.
And I thought they were everywhere.

Chip H.

About doing the other planets....

[Anonymous Coward]

I really dont want to see what is shown if you zoom all the way in on Uranus :)

The Moon is really made

[KingBahamut]

Cheese....
Need some wine and crackers to go with that.

My God

[Ranger]

It's full of cheese!

Googling the moon is fine

[Cro Magnon]

But I absolutely refuse to Google Uranus!

Re:HaHa

[zipzap54]

Of course Google has a sense of humor.
I emailed lunarjobs@google.com about their available positions. It seems everyone else got to them first ^_^

"From: lunarjobs@google.com

Thank you for contacting Google about our Copernicus Research Center.

We've received an overwhelming response to this opportunity and are not
currently accepting additional resumes. We will, however, keep your
information on file should we have an opening in the future. At the
current staffing levels, we anticipate that we may need additional
applicants on or around April Fool's Day in 2104. Until then, we
appreciate your interest in Google and your taking the time to write us.

Sincerely,

The Googlunar Recruiting Team"

Re:Planets

[Cro Magnon]

That might be true of Jupiter or Saturn, but I'm sure they'll find solid matter on Uranus.

Best commercial ever

[Dachannien]

For thousands of years, people thought the moon was made of cheese.

But then we went there and found out it was made of rock.

We haven't been back since.

Behold the power of Cheese.

That's great and all but...

[leblin]

That's great and all but, where do i click to get driving directions?

Re:HaHa

[Whamo]

Whatever you do, DO NOT go to full zoom at uranus.google.com