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(a)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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