Google and NASA
Google to build at NASA Ames After cooperating on several scientific projects, Google and NASA announced Wednesday they have negotiated a long-term lease that will allow the Internet search giant to build a major tech campus at the space agency's Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are known for their interest in space exploration. Now the company says it will build up to 1.2 million square feet of offices, research and development space, company housing, recreation - and possibly even retail shops for Google employees - on 42 acres of the former Moffett Field property, which it will lease initially for $3.66 million a year. The project is part of Google's plan for long-term growth, according to company representatives, who said details of the development are still being decided. Construction would start in 2013 and proceed over the next decade. "We've always had a need for space and we're planning to be in Silicon Va...