I don't think it's true.

I searched the NY Times website and the closest match to the term "google space station" was this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/te...station&st=cse

There's nothing else that even comes close.

Coincidentally, the story linked above is close in date to the one in your image (Dec. 19, 2006).

I suppose it's possible that the story never appeared in the online version of the NY Times, but I doubt it.

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