[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, REALIGNMENT: Moffett Field (CA) - Back to military?

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Crunch time at Moffett
As budget tightens, NASA sees tensions rise with employees, Army tenants

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
May 9, 2008

NASA Ames was nearly shut down two years ago, but is now poised for 
major growth, according to a presentation made last month by Director 
Pete Worden to NASA Ames employees.

Worden's "All hands on deck" presentation, obtained by the Voice, 
indicates NASA is about to make radical changes in how it does business, 
including efforts to attract major new projects, improve employee trust 
of management, implement cost-cutting measures and continue to celebrate 
and encourage private partnerships as it builds its massive research 
park at Moffett Field.

...

A longtime Army officer stationed at Moffett, who asked that his name be 
withheld, said that after Sept. 11, 2001 the Army was able to impose 
intensified security at the gate despite NASA's wishes. And now, the 
Army's contingent there is set to grow at Moffett more than most people 
realize.

...

With NASA currently struggling to pay for Moffett's limited airfield 
operations, the Army source believes Congress may have to hand the 
runway, and possibly much of NASA's property, back to the military, even 
though the Army's aeronautical interest is mostly helicopters.

...


For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=4055

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Lenny Siegel
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