Pete Worden
S. Pete Worden was named director of NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., in April, 2006. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a brigadier general in 2004 after 29 years. Dr. Worden has a doctorate in astronomy and prior to coming to Ames, served as a research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
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NASA Ames Research Center has vital role in future space exploration
[We asked Pete Worden, director of the NASA Ames Research Center to tell us about NASA's role in Silicon Valley's start-up community]
The future is now, as NASA begins its quest to fulfill the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration. With a return to the moon and later travel to Mars, NASA Ames Research Center, located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, is playing a key role.
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