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NASA and Google Make a 'Deal'
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on Tuesday December 19, @09:31AM
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This news item is all over the place. NASA and Google signed a "memorandum of understanding that outlines plans for cooperation on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence, and encouragement of the entrepreneurial space industry". The Earth is Square blog was first to share the news, with interesting comments on the deal and NASA World Wind: "This is for a new joint NASA / Google application to bring data to the masses.. I guess NASA forgot there is NASA World Wind already to do this." (read his entry for convincing remarks). You can learn more on the deal on Slashdot, Ogle Earth, the Google Earth Blog, Bull's Ramble and finally, APB links to a CNET article.
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