Thirty years ago -- well, NASAs elite Ames Research Center, supported by the Department of Defense, could barely assemble one measly mip of computer power.

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In green building news, we shined the spotlight on NASAs new Sustainability Base (which is packed with technology developed for the International Space Station).

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