36 years since the first moonwalk

Jul 22, 2005 00:39 GMT  ·  By

Yesterday, Google celebrated 36 years since Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon by launching Google Moon.

Google Moon won't give you driving directions or the nearest restaurants, the types of information available with Google Maps and Google Earth. But the lunar tool lets you zoom and move around, to the extent NASA has provided images for those areas.

Google jokes that by July 20, 2069, the 100th anniversary, the company will integrate its local search product with Google Moon, so users can find out about lunar businesses and other moon-related information.

It also says it is opening a lunar research center by 2007, though applicants must be "capable of surviving with limited access to such modern conveniences as soy low-fat lattes, The Sopranos and a steady supply of oxygen."

And in case you didn't know, the moon is made of cheese (a little bit of Google humour).