the Company undertakes to pay NASA about $ 1.16 billion and restore Hangar One -hangar, built more than 80 years ago. One can only wonder why Google airfield.
It can be assumed that the company plans to make it a testing ground for development related to aviation, space and robotics.
It should be noted that the scope of Google and NASA have crossed in recent years: in December 2013, the "good" Corporation acquired Boston Dynamic is a robotics company, and in April 2014 bought Titan Aerospace manufacturers suborbital drones.
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