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Google Buys Lease On NASA's Famous "Hangar One"

posted by mattie_p on Friday February 14 2014, @08:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the spend-more-money dept.

amblivious writes:

"Built in 1932 by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, Hangar One was one of the largest free standing structures in the world and is now a familiar landmark in Silicon Valley. The building, covering 8 acres (3.2 ha), is large enough to fit 3 ships the size of the Titanic side-by-side. It is so large that it generates its own microclimate, with fog forming in the upper reaches and falling 17 stories to the ground as rain. NASA took over Hangar One from the Navy in 1994 but it had little use and fell into disrepair. In 2012 Google offered $US33 million to repair the facility and has now taken over the lease.

There has been widespread speculation on what Google plans to do with Hangar One, ranging from testing planetary rovers and other space or aviation technology to high altitude balloons, or simply for use as an elaborate hangar for Google's executive planes.

In a statement on Monday, a Google spokesperson simply said, 'We are delighted to move ahead in the selection process and we are looking forward to working with both GSA and Nasa to preserve the heritage of Moffett Federal Airfield.'"

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by yargh on Friday February 14 2014, @08:32PM

    by yargh (48) on Friday February 14 2014, @08:32PM (#100)

    They already bought their own airport terminal:

    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/06/82m-g oogle-airport-terminal-set/ [go.com]

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  • (Score: 1) by janrinok on Friday February 14 2014, @08:51PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 14 2014, @08:51PM (#104) Journal

    I once flew into Moffet in my RAF Bomber!

    • (Score: 1) by yargh on Friday February 14 2014, @09:12PM

      by yargh (48) on Friday February 14 2014, @09:12PM (#110)

      Nice! What kind of plane was it?

      My grandfather flew mossies in the war for the RCAF. Dangerous work, but I guess there was a lot of low-level, fast flying, which wasn't not fun :)

      • (Score: 1) by janrinok on Friday February 14 2014, @09:22PM

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 14 2014, @09:22PM (#112) Journal

        RAF Vulcan B2 nuclear bomber. About 1979 or so.

  • (Score: 1) by NCommander on Saturday February 15 2014, @11:09AM

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Saturday February 15 2014, @11:09AM (#144) Homepage Journal
    Having worked towards my PPL in Oregon, I always wanted to have been able to fly into Moffitt. I still field like that field should be public use ...
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    Still always moving

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