Since it says there is no cost to taxpayers, I'm guessing that IA probably is footing all costs and did most of the heavy lifting here. Were we even in the running for this on the Foundation side?
Joe
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Waerth waerth@asianet.co.th wrote:
I just received this press release from NASA. Since NASA images are mostly PD to my knowledhe we missed an opportunity here:
NASA AND INTERNET ARCHIVE LAUNCH CENTRALIZED RESOURCE FOR IMAGES
WASHINGTON -- NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA's vast collection of photographs, historic film and video Thursday. Located at www.nasaimages.org, the Internet site combines for the first time 21 major NASA imagery collections into a single, searchable online resource. A link to the Web site will appear on the http://www.nasa.gov home page.
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