Feb 11th 2014, 14:42, by Adi Robertson
Google is taking over management of NASA's massive, historic Hangar One. On Monday, the agency announced that Planetary Ventures, Google's real estate subdivision, is now in negotiations for a lease Hangar One and the surrounding Moffett Federal Airfield. As part of the deal, Google will perform much-needed maintenance on a number of structures around the airfield, including Hangar One, and it will pay to operate the airfield, cutting NASA's costs. The deal "will allow NASA to focus its resources on core missions," says NASA administrator Charles Bolden, "while protecting the federal need to use Moffett Field as a continued, limited-use airfield."
Hangar One, built in the 1930s, has been badly in need of rehabilitation for years. The...
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