Google Universe

This just in from the BBC:

Detailed 3D images of the Moon and Mars will soon be just a click away for web users, following a deal between search giant Google and US space agency Nasa.

The Space Agreement Act, signed on Monday, will put “the most useful of Nasa’s information on the internet”.

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“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.

I don’t think there’s any need to explain why that is INCREDIBLY COOL… or after Gina’s recent post, why it opens up exciting possibilities for epistemic games….

Happy happy holidays from Google and NASA.