A new version of Google Moon has been released (http://www.google.com/moon/) with a revamped interface and more information.

... however the cheese "eastern egg" has been removed :(

[Added blank after URL. -Philipp]

Some one needs to sort out you URL :D

I want my cheese back!!!

It's mostly loading slow/ not at all for me/ showing the "no imagery available at this zoom level" message...

That was quick :D (Not the cheese)

Yeah it is slow, I thought it was my connection but if your having problems as well....

Nothing wrong here

How does Google make money off of this? Seems to be a waste of time to me.... :D

It's not really fast, and I even got Flash errors (in French actually)!

SecurityError: Error #2060: Violation de la sécurité Sandbox : l’appelant ExternalInterface http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/cb/googlepano.028.swf ne peut pas accéder à http://www.google.com/moon/.
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/flash.external: ExternalInterface::_initJS()
at flash.external::ExternalInterface$/call()
at mode::ModeStationary_F9$/nextState()
at GooglePanorama_F9/animationLoop()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::_timerDispatch()
at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::tick()

Outch!

[Added a linke break due to some forum formatting bug... -Philipp]

Now update Mars and add Moon + Mars to "Google Earth + Sky"

"Google Space Groups"
Google earth+sky+moon
Google Mars+Venus+Mercury
Google Saturn+Jupiter
Google Outer Planets
Google Solar System PRO
Google Milky Way
Google Andromeda
Google Galaxy

Then Google will launch it as one big product: Google Earth, Sky, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune... Oh I give up... Google Universe! (beta :D)

Kirby: Promotion. It's a way to promote its products and linking people to them. For example they created a special page for educators* which links to resources (aka products) to help the teachers and the students, obviously all the resources are Google products (Earth/Sky, Maps, Youtube, etc.).

* http://www.google.com/educators/xprize.html
http://www.google.com/educators/spacetools.html

PD: Some links to http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/ seem to be dead, an early releaese maybe?

Post edit: Changed link URL from xprize.org -> googlelunarxprize.org. Added a sub-sentence, as marked in the post...

Similar to street view, flash

Type in address bar and hit enter
javascript:iw('a17/8')

I need to do it twice: once for zoom and center in zone and another one to choose the point

Remenber:
www.google.com/moon
Type in address bar: javascript:iw('a17/8')
Hit enter
Type in address bar: javascript:iw('a17/8')
Hit enter

Ubuntu 7.10 – Firefox 2.0.0.6

I just love the "Moon 2.0" poster they made :-D

Btw, just consider the amount of propellant used by each rocket launch. Is it wise to develop mass space tourism ?

http://www.google.com/moon/about.html

looks great

A pity the cheese is gone; that was almost the best part.

Who wants to bet how many years before we see ads on the lunar map? I give it 5 years at the most.

The View near Cinco Crater
Type in address bar: javascript:iw('a16/8');;
Hit enter twice

thanks pooin

http://maps.google.com/maps?spn=0.001157,0.01236&t=c&z=17&vp=25.986836,3.599524&ev=p

http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/

Works fine on this end.

PierreS: Let's worry about the effects of space tourism on the environment when we get there, ok? Frankly, I think it'll be a while before private space exploration gets to the point where it's fuel use will equal even a fraction of what current personal transportation (cars) use.