[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Airship may come to Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel]

Hangar One may house new airship
NASA's ambitious plan could solve issue of new siding once and for all

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
January 15, 2009

NASA Ames deputy director Lew Braxton told a crowd last Thursday that 
the agency was hard at work on a plan to restore Hangar One within the 
next 18 months in order to return it to "its original purpose."

"There is a possibility we will have another [airship] out here," 
Braxton said as he talked about NASA's plan for Hangar One.

The announcement was a revelation to those at the Moffett Field 
Restoration Advisory Board meeting, some of whom said they'd heard 
rumors, but no confirmation, that NASA wanted to once more park a huge 
airship inside the iconic structure. Among other things, it would mean 
that NASA plans to re-skin the hangar after the Navy strips off its 
toxic siding.

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Lenny Siegel
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