Search the Solar System with Google & NASA

Google in space...boldly searching where no engine has before? Google's new partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center will share the enormous global information the space agency has with the average internet user.

We've already had an out-of-this-world experience with NASA's World Wind, which allows you to zoom in from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery to experience visually rich 3D, just like you were really there.

I like Google's philosphy to share this immense data about our planet and solar system online with the average person, using simple web controls anyone can use. Visualize Google Earth expanding into the solar system!

Imagine 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."

Official NASA Press Release @ www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_96AR.html