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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.'"
"My understanding is that google maps is purposely limited so people can't "see swingsets" in back yards (i.e. pedophiles)"
That's pretty stupid. Sounds like a new urban legend. Pedophiles don't need to look at satelite imagery to find victims. If the resolution is limited, it's more likely for general privacy reasons.
Quite likely, they want to limit the size of the images they store, so they don't use the highest possible resolution.
The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
Everyone knows that the moon is made green cheese, not yellow!!!
It looks green when looking through Earth's blue sky!
-mkb
If you honestly think the moon landings were faked, you are mentally handicapped.
Further proof that manned missions capture the public imagination far better than unmanned missions.
I'm usually the first to accuse Americans of not caring about the world outside the US borders, but since they are commemorating the first man on the moon, it stands to reason that they only mark the manned moon missions.
It's shit like that that makes me love Google.
If someone is going to take over the internet, I'd definitely rather it be Google. At least they have a sense of humour.
ND
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