Hoy se anunció que Google estará ayudando a la NASA con varios proyectos que van desde el manejo de información de gran volumen, hasta monitoreo climático en tiempo real y mapas tridimensionales de la Luna y Marte. He aquí algunos extractos del anuncio:

“This agreement between NASA and Google will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars,” said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin at Headquarters in Washington. “This innovative combination of information technology and space science will make NASA’s space exploration work accessible to everyone,” added Griffin.

“Partnering with NASA made perfect sense for Google, as it has a wealth of technical expertise and data that will be of great use to Google as we look to tackle many computing issues on behalf of our users,” said Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google. “We’re pleased to move forward to collaborate on a variety of technical challenges through the signing of the Space Act Agreement.”

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/dec/HQ_06371_Ames_Google.html