APOD is One Year Old Today
Explanation:
The first Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) appeared one year ago today.
Pictured above are Robert Nemiroff (left) and Jerry Bonnell (right),
engaged in creating the APOD web pages. APOD started over speculative
conversations on the ultimate value of the World Wide Web. In our
(current) view, the WWW is the closest thing yet to an "Encyclopedia of
Humanity," and we think it's important to contribute. We are proud to
say that APOD has now annotated most of the famous astronomical pictures of
our time and has made them available to the general public in an
indexed and
searchable
archive. During it's first year, APOD's main
daily picture
page has been served over one million times. But APOD's mission
continues. As space science progresses more pictures, fresh insights, and
new educative links become available. Therefore, so long as public interest
and NASA support continue, APOD will continue. We thank all whose gracious
e-mail are continually a source of encouragement.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
