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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. Saw that coming by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they were collaborating on technology, so the next natural step is to form a partnership. All in all took less than 10 hours to decide.

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  2. R E P O S T by popo · · Score: 5, Funny


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

    Get it together CmdrTaco!

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    1. Re:R E P O S T by Megane · · Score: 5, Funny

      Zonk is so good that he's been posting dupes before the original article appears!

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  3. Could we get a finer detailed.. by FreshFunk510 · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. play-by-play of the growing relationship with Google and Nasa? Because 2 stories in 1 day is certainly not enough for me.

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  4. search engine by ecumenical_40oz · · Score: 5, Funny

    find: moon landing AND mars landing NOT 15 year wait NOT 10 Billion dollar price tag

  5. instant karma by cobbaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    just copy all the +5 comments from http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/2 9/120241&tid=236&tid=217&tid=126&tid=14

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