California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration, NASA was established 50 years ago. 
NASA began operations on October 1, 1958 with a staff of 80 spread among four laboratories. 
NASA now consists of 15 facilities that employ more than 17,000.  The mission statement
has been “To Pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics
research”.

California is host to more NASA centers than any other state and annually receives nearly
20% of NASA's total budget.

Ames Research Center located in the Bay area is the NASA Center of Excellence on Information
Technology and the lead NASA Center on Astrobiology.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech), a premier university located in Pasadena California. JPL is the lead NASA center for
robotic exploration of the solar system.

The Dryden Flight Research Center is located in Antelope Valley at Edwards A.F.B. and is
NASA's premier installation for aeronautical flight research, conducting flight research for current
and future aerospace vehicles.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.