[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: NASA HQ wants to transfer Moffett Field (CA) runways, Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

NASA wants GSA to dispose of Hangar One, Moffett airfield
Another twist, as government agency may decide what to do with  
'excess' property

by Daniel Debolt

Mountain View Voice (CA)
May 10, 2012

Derailing restoration plans for Hangar One and causing anxiety over  
Moffett Field's future, the head of NASA wants to assign the General  
Services Administration to determine the fate of Moffett Field.

NASA administrator Charles Bolden says Hangar One and the runways at  
Moffett Field are "excess to the agency" and therefore should undergo  
a review by the General Services Administration, according to an  
April 6 letter to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The GSA may decide to  
give the property to another government agency, such as the Federal  
Aviation Administration or nearby cities.

The GSA's involvement is not yet a done deal, however, and Eshoo is  
trying to get the White House to stop the move.

Eshoo says that the local community has confirmed its support for  
existing plans for the airfield and Hangar One several times in  
recent years and is therefore "disheartened by the news and skeptical  
about the practicality of such a review," she said in a letter on  
Wednesday to the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5593&e=y

See also http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5603&e=y


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