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Google And NASA To Collaborate On Technology

Posted by Zonk on from the where-no-goog-has-gone-before dept.

Mike Peel writes "The BBC reports that Google will be assisting NASA with new technology from a campus facility in the NASA Research Park at Moffett Field." From the article: "As part of the venture, Google will develop one million square feet of real estate at the Nasa Ames research centre. The centre, built in 1939, has been at the heart of the US space program for many years, conducting research into the Apollo moon missions between 1963 and 1972. Nasa recently unveiled plans to make another moon landing by 2020. Examples of areas of potential collaboration include the development of new types of remote sensors and improving analysis of engineering problems." More details available from the official press release and MSNBC.

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  1. One small step for man by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    A giant leap for google kind towards the Copernicus Center

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    1. Re:One small step for man by linumax · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now, by the help of NASA they can definitely do this

  2. Old News. by HugePedlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://moon.google.com/ and http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

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  3. Chair upgrade! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're going to replace all of NASA's chairs with inflatable exercise balls.

    1. Re:Chair upgrade! by hplasm · · Score: 1, Funny

      That will stop the inflated Ball-mer from throwing them around, shouting "I'll Kill NASA!!"

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  4. Reasoning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Nasa recently unveiled plans to make another moon landing by 2020
    And why not, they've looked for Osama every other place that he isn't.
  5. Google to assist NASA .... by Karma_fucker_sucker · · Score: 3, Funny
    I can see it now. We need to find more planets. I know, we'll just Google for them!

    All right, I'm done. Warn your children! This is what happens when your out of work!

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  6. GMOONGLE by roman_mir · · Score: 2, Funny

    Small step for a huge firm to help NASA with some real estate.

    Huge freaking text ad on the MOON!

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  7. Google takes their mission seriously! by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    They really are trying to search everything, aren't they?

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    rediculous.
    1. Re:Google takes their mission seriously! by garcia · · Score: 2, Funny

      They play too much Katamari Damacy. They're trying to roll up the universe!

  8. Google and Nasa.... by cheezemonkhai · · Score: 3, Funny

    This brings a whole new meaning to Google Earth.

    I mean we all know their main business is adverts ;)

  9. Re: Congratulations Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are they blackmailing you with your Google cache or something?

  10. I can see it all now... by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Mission Control, this is Mars Pathfinder 1, we are experiencing minor power fluctuations on bus C and require some diagnostic advice, over..."

    "Pathfinder 1, roger that, wait one..."

    "Pathfinder, this is Mission Control, please surf to history.nasa.gov/ap13rb/ch4pt.2.pdf. If you need a copy of Acrobat Reader please advise and I will supply the URL, over..."

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    1. Re:I can see it all now... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thats still sounds a like a hell of a lot better future than if they chose Microsoft for the on board diagnosis:

      "Mission Control, this is Mars Pathfinder 1, we are experiencing minor power fluctuations on bus C and require some diagnostic advice, over..."

      Clippy: It looks like your all going to die. Would you like to.....

      *silent scream*

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  11. SETI to GETI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence will be replaced by Google for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.

  12. NASA to announce gShuttle by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of the first fruits of the Google/NASA pairing will be the gShuttle. The existing space shuttle will be modified to store 10x the amount the previous shuttle could (though no details yet from NASA as to why they need that much space and if they'd actually use it). The new shuttle would also bring up paid advertisments based on various criteria, the formula for which Google has not made public. Another gShuttle innovation would be a radically simplier control and navigation system. The pilots will not simply type in their commands to the shuttle (e.g. "rearThrusters:fire burntime:10"). One particularly interesting feature is the "I feel lucky" button on the navigation console, no specifics as to the exact function of this button was put forth by the Google spokesdrone.

  13. gMoon by jgionet · · Score: 2, Funny

    right on! now I'll be able to to search the moon and it'll be powered by google! next it'll be the gRocket!

  14. Re:Moffett by DingerX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Big-ass airships man. They got a hangar for one. The Navy's abandoned airships for 65 years -- probably as a result of a horrendous Ronald Reagan movie -- it's time for Google to bring it back and show us how it's done. I mean, how cool is that? A Zeppelin dude, to travel in style. Stick inside a wet bar, lounge area, and sell tickets via invite only (n.b., boarding verification requires a celphone). Paint it up with a google logo on the side. Will it make money? Will it crash in a horrific fireball? Who cares! Just slap a big "BETA" logo on the side.

  15. The Perfect /. Story by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google and NASA in the same /. story! Will they be using linux or some other open source software? If so, then we may have the Perfect /. Story!!

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  16. You mean... by uberchicken · · Score: 2, Funny

    we can just google for aliens now? Seti must be pissed.

  17. Beta by fremar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will this mean all future NASA projects will be in a near-permanent Beta release? Oh wait, nothing new there...

  18. Next: Google and SETI by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 2, Funny
    In related news, Google will team up with SETI by updating its search engines to find extraterrestrial intelligence. When asked about the upcoming collaboration, the head of SETI remarked, "I can't believe we didn't think of this sooner! This will be much easier than mucking about with signal analysis and Fourier Transforms".

    Testing is slated to begin in Q4 2005 by searching for intelligent life here on Earth.

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  19. Google Moon by Ruphuz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I hope the collaboration does not imply NASA is going to land their ships with the aid of Google's close-range moon maps. Last I heard, they had some 'holes' in their technology.

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  20. From NASA ARC Contractor... by vhawke · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one, welcome our Google overlords...
    PS when's lunch?

  21. Welcome to nasa.google.com! by ReaveT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Search query: a l i e n s -> I'm Feeling Lucky

    *****searching

    404 Not Found -> Back -> Search

    *****searching

    10 of 1000000000000000000 results found

    Froogle results: Would you like to buy a new shuttle? Only $17,000,000.00!

    Search results ranked in order:

    Aliens found on Mars! -> *CLICK!*

    404 Not Found -> Back -> Google Cache

    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www. csicop.org/si/8512/face-on-mars.jpg&imgrefurl=http ://www.csicop.org/si/8512/face-on-mars.html&h=200& w=200&sz=9&tbnid=wV2pf_vxAMoJ:&tbnh=99&tbnw=99&pre v=/images%3Fq%3Dface%2Bon%2Bmars%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D &oi=imagesr&start=2

    -> Back

    New Search: Space Porn

    *****searching

    10 of 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 results found

    Froogle: Would you like to buy a new space condom? $2!

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    Let's face it... Google would make SETI a lot more interesting.