Those behind the launch say the Berkeley Space Center will bring technological breakthroughs in fields like aeronautics, quantum computing and climate studies with some of the biggest beneficiaries of it being UC Berkeley students.
NASA and UC Berkeley on Monday announced the launch of the Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames in Mountain View.There was Skyrocketing excitement in Silicon Valley Monday. NASA and UC Berkeley announced the launch of the Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames in Mountain View.
"It feels so wonderful that we're at this point in the game because this public announcement makes things actual," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, "It makes it known to the world."It will be built on 36 acres and feature 1.4 million square feet of research and development buildings.Those behind it say it will bring technological breakthroughs in fields like aeronautics, quantum computing, climate studies and more."It's so exciting.
"This will be a completely different environment for a NASA Research Center, where we're really going to blend and integrate the best of the academic community, as well as government laboratory like NASA," said Eugene Tu, director of NASA Ames Research Center."It's anticipated that that first building could begin construction within about three years," said Daniel Kingsley with SKS partners at Monday's announcement event.
Though move-in to the new buildings isn't expected until 2027, those most excited for the project are willing to wait. "It's going to have a lot of these undergraduate and graduate students at UC Berkeley, to get, their dream job at NASA, their dream job at the space company, their dream job at innovating the future," Waddell said, "That's what means a lot to me."
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