40th anniversary of the Apollo 11,Google updated Google Earth with a complete map of the moon

July 22 2009No Commented

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Economic Times : Google on Monday updated its popular mapping software Google Earth with a complete map of the moon that allows you to explore craters, historic sites and human artefacts. The programme even allows you to fly over the surface like a would-be astronaut.

cnet : Speaking at an Apollo celebration at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, Neil Armstrong enjoyed a standing ovation before sharing his view of the achievement that carried him to the moon, concluding with a simple, heartfelt “Apollo was a good thing to do.”

“Thank you so much,” he said from the stage. “Whenever I come to this city, if I have 20 minutes to spare, I come to this building. Not necessarily to look at craft hanging from the ceiling and sitting on the floors. But to absorb, by osmosis or radiation or some unknown mechanism, some of the history that resides here. And it must have worked, because as one young man recently said to me, ‘Pop, you’re history!’

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