Google now has its own airfield, thanks to a $1.16 billion deal to lease NASA's Moffett Federal Airfield over the course of 60 years. NASA reports that the company will use the field for expansion of its space research, aviation and robotics programs.
Google subsidiary Planetary Ventures LLC will take over operations for the airfield, which Google's executives are already using for landing private jets.
Moffett Airfield includes the historical Hangar One, one of the world's largest freestanding structures, a building covering around 8 acres of land. Although initially built in 1933 as a naval airship hangar, it also served as a set location for the 2009 movie remake of Star Trek, as well as a popular location for several episodes of MythBusters.
