Google has enlisted NASA's help to show off the moon-landing sites on Google Moon by adding new images, audio and video clips to a site it launched in 2005. They've also added detailed charts, which can be used by explorers who wish to win the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize by putting a rover on the moon. This is another example of a 2006 deal between Google and NASA.

This is the farthest zoom-out, where you can begin your exploration at an actual landing site by clicking on a push pin or one of the Apollo thumbnails.

For more information about NASA on Google Moon, read Stefanie Olsen's blog.

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Google gets all the cool toys, but its still quite spooky that Google can go just about anywhere now. When they start announcing Google can see through walls, I might start freaking out. :icon_shaking:

Yea, I saw this on the web a couple weeks ago. They even said that why would someone want to do something this big for such little amount of money for the time and cost of the project. They said that people who are interested in that type of stuff would do it in a heartbeat not for the money but the experience and chance.

Does anyone else remember a few years back when Google was taking applications for their Lunar Base? It's kind of ironic that they did that for an April fool's joke, only to actually pursue a base on the moon.

Yea, very true. But maybe they thought it would be a good joke and then thought it would be actually really cool to do but very ironic like you said.

Hi,

I personally think a base station on the moon would be fantastic! Sure the atmosphere may be against you, but the temperature aren't as extreme or hostile as the other planets. Let's just hope that their computer system doesn't turn out to be HAL lol ;)

Best wishes

RavenServers

haha

Very true. It could be interesting but I think they should pay more...

I went to the Wired Next Fest at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and they had an exhibit for the Google lunar program. It was really interesting, or at least the way they presented it was.

Oh, yea. I think it will be neat how it turns out and I'll be excited to hear what the final product turns out to be like.