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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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  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. Re:Moffett by josephtd · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yea, well there is now a surplus of of office space around the Moffett Field area. My office is over on Shoreline and there are For Lease signs everywhere.

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


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

  6. Re:Google never should have went public by bheer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google's stock offering has been very carefully structured to give Larry and Sergei a lot more control[1] than the ordinary shareholding public (and besides, Google is still relatively closely held - the main shareholders of Google are its investors and they trust the founders+Eric Schmidt implicitly). In fact, the non-founding shareholders (mostly Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia) likely know that Google's 'goofiness' makes for good press and share price, and as long as the party continues they're unlikely to rock the boat.

    [1] WaPo: After IPO, Google Founders Plan to Remain in Control

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