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Google Forms Partnership With NASA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the best-fort-ever dept.

jangobongo writes "Google said on Wednesday that it plans to partner with NASA on space research projects. The new partnership will involve R&D on biotechnology, information technology and nanotechnology, as well as supercomputing. The news article notes some of the mutual benefits: "Google stands to gain from learning about NASA's supercomputers, which could come in handy as the Mountain View search engine compiles even bigger indexes of information and video. NASA leaders cited the benefits of getting access to Google's search expertise to pick out nuggets of information from the volumes of data streaming back from satellites and human space launches."" This story might seem familiar to you. Consider it a public service: if I didn't screw up occasionally, a lot of angry readers would have no other way to vent their rage in a safe environment.

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  1. Should Be Open Bid by geomon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The government should only form alliances with industry where there are no other obvious partners. While Google may have a lead on search technology, opening up the partnership process to include Microsoft and Yahoo! would benefit the government more than sole sourcing.

    Competition for government partnerships is always better than just selecting the current industry lead. The US government did that with office suites and is now paying a hefty price for that decision.

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    "Rocky Rococo, at your cervix!"
  2. Re:R E P O S T by djh101010 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fer crying out loud, its not only a repost, its *still* up on the /. front page!!!

    Once again, I saw this before it happened (subscribers see articles before they go "green") and reported it to the "If you see a serious problem with this article, report it to daddypants@slashdot.org". I sent the email, with a link and everything to Zonk's post of the same thing.

    Just like last time, nothing happened. No acknowledgement of the email (automated _or_ human), and the dupe went out.

    Hey editors, does anyone read the daddypants emails? Am I wasting my time? I mean, if you're not going to do anything about it anyway, remove the mailto: link.

    Annoyed,
    djh101010