[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION: House Committee drops restoration funding for Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar one

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Funding for Hangar One cut from 2012 budget

By Diana Samuels
Palo Alto Daily News (CA)
July 13, 2011

Once stripped of its toxic siding, Moffett Field's Hangar One may  
remain a skeletal structure exposed to the elements for years to come  
until federal funds are found to cover it up again.

Preservationists suffered a serious setback Wednesday when the U.S.  
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved a 2012  
funding bill for NASA that omits $32.8 million previously allocated  
to replace the iconic hangar's siding. A Navy contractor has been  
removing its roof and walls.

Without the funding, "there's a chance (the hangar) will sit as an  
empty carcass for years until somebody figures out what to do," said  
Lenny Siegel, a member of the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_18474018

See also
House committee kills Hangar One funding

by Daniel DeBolt

Mountain View Voice (CA)
July 13, 2011

Hopes for federal money to save Moffett Field's historic Hangar One  
were dashed on Tuesday when it was announced that the House  
Appropriations Committee removed $32.8 million for new Hangar One  
siding from NASA's 2012 budget.


The move followed a NASA Inspector General report which criticized  
the NASA Ames Research Center request for the $32.8 million when more  
"mission critical" NASA projects would be delayed.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=4494



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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