Google and Nasa in space venture
Web search firm Google has formed a partnership with US space agency Nasa in an effort to harness new technology which could boost the space programme.
Google is to build a new office complex on the site of Nasa’s research facility in California, close to its own headquarters in Silicon Valley. The two companies will co-operate in a range of areas including IT solutions, data management and nanotechnology. It would look to “bring entrepreneurs into the space programme”, Nasa added.
Examples of areas of potential collaboration include the development of new types of remote sensors and improving analysis of engineering problems.
“Google and Nasa share a common desire, to bring a universe of information to people around the world,” said Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman and chief executive.