I joked that Moffett Field’s Hangar One infrastructure could be an interesting place for Google server racks in a data center. Turns out the Mercury News has got Google saying they will use Hangar One for Aerospace and Robotics.
Google plans aerospace and robotics projects for Hangar One
Scaffolding is set up inside the north end of Hangar One at Moffett Field in Mountain View on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (Kirstina Sangsahachart/Palo Alto Daily News)MOUNTAIN VIEW -- If you were Google, what would you do with a 350,000-square-foot hangar that was originally built to house helium airships for the U.S. Navy?
How about using its cavernous interior for building and testing new robots, planetary rovers and other space or aviation technology?