Google And NASA To Collaborate On Technology

Google And NASA To Collaborate On Technology 151

Posted by Zonk on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:06AM 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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One small step for man (Score:5, Funny)

by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:08AM (#13674792) Homepage Journal

A giant leap for google kind towards the Copernicus Center [google.com]

Old News. (Score:5, Funny)

by HugePedlar ( 900427 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:08AM (#13674794) Homepage

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

Chair upgrade! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:10AM (#13674806)

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

Reasoning (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:15AM (#13674830)

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.

Google to assist NASA .... (Score:3, Funny)

by Karma_fucker_sucker ( 898393 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:17AM (#13674841)

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!

GMOONGLE (Score:3, Funny)

by roman_mir ( 125474 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:18AM (#13674853) Homepage Journal

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

Huge freaking text ad on the MOON!

Google takes their mission seriously! (Score:5, Funny)

by Weaselmancer ( 533834 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:20AM (#13674858)

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

Re:Chair upgrade! (Score:1, Funny)

by hplasm ( 576983 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:22AM (#13674868) Journal

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

Google and Nasa.... (Score:4, Funny)

by cheezemonkhai ( 638797 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:23AM (#13674874) Homepage

This brings a whole new meaning to Google Earth.

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

Re:One small step for man (Score:4, Funny)

by linumax ( 910946 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:23AM (#13674875)

Now, by the help of NASA they can definitely do this [bbspot.com]

Re: Congratulations Google (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:31AM (#13674908)

Are they blackmailing you with your Google cache or something?

I can see it all now... (Score:5, Funny)

by Linker3000 ( 626634 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:32AM (#13674915) Journal

"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..."

Re:I can see it all now... (Score:5, Funny)

by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:39AM (#13674938) Homepage Journal

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*

SETI to GETI (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:42AM (#13674950)

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

NASA to announce gShuttle (Score:5, Funny)

by binaryDigit ( 557647 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:48AM (#13674979)

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.

gMoon (Score:2, Funny)

by jgionet ( 828557 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @08:54AM (#13675018)

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!

Re:Google takes their mission seriously! (Score:3, Funny)

by garcia ( 6573 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @09:09AM (#13675095)

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

Re:Moffett (Score:5, Funny)

by DingerX ( 847589 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @09:20AM (#13675177) Journal

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.

The Perfect /. Story (Score:2, Funny)

by Viper Daimao ( 911947 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @09:27AM (#13675260) Journal

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!!

You mean... (Score:2, Funny)

by uberchicken ( 121048 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @10:07AM (#13675610)

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

Beta (Score:3, Funny)

by fremar ( 527009 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @10:38AM (#13675885)

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

Next: Google and SETI (Score:2, Funny)

by fahrbot-bot ( 874524 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @10:57AM (#13676085)

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.

Google Moon (Score:2, Funny)

by Ruphuz ( 817865 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @11:12AM (#13676216)

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.

From NASA ARC Contractor... (Score:2, Funny)

by vhawke ( 824542 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @12:03PM (#13676806)

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

Welcome to nasa.google.com! (Score:2, Funny)

by ReaveT ( 917974 ) writes: on Thursday September 29, 2005 @12:12PM (#13676908)

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 [google.com]

-> 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.

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One small step for man (Score:5, Funny)

Old News. (Score:5, Funny)

Chair upgrade! (Score:2, Funny)

Reasoning (Score:4, Funny)

Google to assist NASA .... (Score:3, Funny)

GMOONGLE (Score:3, Funny)

Google takes their mission seriously! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Chair upgrade! (Score:1, Funny)

Google and Nasa.... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:One small step for man (Score:4, Funny)

Re: Congratulations Google (Score:1, Funny)

I can see it all now... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I can see it all now... (Score:5, Funny)

SETI to GETI (Score:5, Funny)

NASA to announce gShuttle (Score:5, Funny)

gMoon (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Google takes their mission seriously! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Moffett (Score:5, Funny)

The Perfect /. Story (Score:2, Funny)

You mean... (Score:2, Funny)

Beta (Score:3, Funny)

Next: Google and SETI (Score:2, Funny)

Google Moon (Score:2, Funny)

From NASA ARC Contractor... (Score:2, Funny)

Welcome to nasa.google.com! (Score:2, Funny)

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