Hangar One revamp in Mountain View led by Google gets into full swing
Vast project by Google’s Planetary Ventures would rescue 90-year-old iconic hangar
MOUNTAIN VIEW — The restoration of Hangar One, a Silicon Valley icon that serves as a reminder of a bygone era of giant dirigibles, is kicking into high gear this month under a project being led by Google’s Planetary Ventures unit. But exactly what the hulking structure, visible from Highway 101, will be used for in the future remains to be seen.
Hangar One, located on the grounds of the NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, could be used for space, aviation and tech research. But so far, Google has declined to say exactly how it plans to use the 90-year-old structure, which formerly housed the giant USS Macon airship and, later, other aircraft. NASA has been tightlipped this week.
“It’s exciting,” said Lenny Siegel, founder of the Save Hangar One Committee, a Mountain View-based activist group. “We have been waiting a long time for this. It will take quite a while for this to get done. But it’s a big building.”
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