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Uploaded: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 3:04 PM
Updated: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 10:39 AM
NASA hatches deal with Google
Company to launch Moffett campus in 2013
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by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice Staff
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 | A 42-acre Google campus is now set for Moffett Field thanks to a 40 year lease agreement the Internet giant signed with NASA Ames on Wednesday.
"This long-term lease agreement is a key component of Google's strategy for continued growth in Silicon Valley," said David Radcliffe, Google's vice president of real estate and workplace services, in a NASA Ames press release.
Under the agreement, Google plans to construct 1.2 million square feet of office and R&D facilities on "unimproved land" in the northwest corner of Moffett Field. (To see a map, click here.) Construction will begin no later than 2013, followed by additional phases in 2018 and 2022.
Google plans to construct company housing as part of the development, including amenities for dining, child care, fitness and areas for recreation and park space.
The lease comes at a cost of $3.6 million per year -- money NASA Ames may need to balance its budget, according a forecast made by the agency earlier this year. Google also will make "infrastructure improvement for NASA's use," the release says.
"With this new campus, we will establish a new era of expanded collaboration with Google that will further enhance our Silicon Valley connections," said Ames Director S. Pete Worden in the release.
Google already has partnered with NASA on a "planetary content project" to help scientists publish planetary data online. And the company's "disaster response project" is using NASA information to develop prototype software tools to aid in large-scale disaster response efforts.
NASA Ames will issue permits and oversee construction for the project similar to the way a city would, according to the release. Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Nick Elvitsky, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Jun 5, 2008 at 4:25 pm I wonder if these parks will be public.
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Posted by Mike Elvitsky, a resident of another community, on Jun 6, 2008 at 7:52 pm I rather they be private.........keep the rift raft out. War Niners.
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Posted by dave, a resident of another community, on Jun 6, 2008 at 9:17 pm Oh, they'll keep the "rift raft" out all right. This will be the ultimate gated community, with the Moffett Police patrolling the fence lines, keeping out everyone not in the Google family, including NASA employees.
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Posted by googpoly, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Jun 7, 2008 at 4:48 pm Monoploy by google again
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Posted by badstink, a resident of another community, on Jun 9, 2008 at 4:28 pm Great googley moogley! Did NASA consider other offers or did they simply sell their soul to the devil?
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Posted by JM, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood, on Aug 23, 2011 at 7:38 pm
With respect to so-called collaboration with NASA science, it sounds like mickey-mouse stuff and WHITE-WASH to me. Any kid can develop a web-site to disseminate data coming out of the Kepler project. The tax payer has the right to ask: please show me the scientific publications that have come out of scientific instruments on Google airplanes. I bet there are ZERO. NASA officials appear to be kowtowing to Google to regard Google as the customer of the tax-payer.
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Posted by GSB, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Aug 24, 2011 at 9:40 am You naysayers need to cut it out! If something in Mountain View is in financial peril, you say "how come Google doesn't buy it? They can afford it!" Then, if Google buys something, you say "Google strickes again! Buying up MV!" Pick a position already!
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