Save Hangar One Committee

Update: This blog is quoted in the Mountain View Voice: White House: NASA Responsible for Hangar One The Navy sent a brief email today to announce that OMB has made its decision in the arbitration between the Navy and NASA on which is responsible to re-skin Hangar One. OMB’s decision: NASA, not the Navy, is responsible. What does that [...]

(See below for the draft minutes of the January 14 meeting and the final minutes of the November 12 meeting.) The Moffett Restoration Advisory Board will meet Thursday, March 11, 7:00-9:10 p.m., in Building 943, just outside the Moffett main gate. (See Google Maps.) Agenda items: Welcome, Introductions, Approval of Minutes, Announcements, Co-Chair Elections (20 minutes) Hangar One Update, [...]

Yesterday’s Mountain View Voice article “Navy Renews Vow to Skin Hangar One” means to say “Navy Renews Vow to Strip Hangar One.” The article notes Rep. Anna Eshoo is in there fighting to preserve Hangar One, even if it takes more money from Congress. But she wants to know how the hangar will be reused: “If [...]

Update: I’m quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article covering the meeting and the delay in the OMB decision. I’m here at Building 943, just outside Moffett Field main gate, for the RAB meeting. I’ll update this post as the meeting goes on. Here are the highlights of the agenda: Welcome, Introductions, Approval of Minutes, Announcements, Co-Chair [...]

The Navy confirms it may start stripping Hangar One’s siding soon, even if no plan is in place to re-skin the historic landmark. The Navy plans to begin stripping Hangar One in the fall of this year. Demolition of interior structures may begin this spring. Last September, Rep. Anna Eshoo asked the Navy to [...]

(See below for the draft minutes of the November 12 RAB meeting and final minutes of the September 10 RAB meeting.) The Moffett Restoration Advisory Board will meet tomorrow, Thursday, January 14, 7:00-9:15 p.m., in Building 943, just outside the Moffett main gate. (See Google Maps.) Agenda items: Welcome, Introductions, Approval of Minutes, Announcements, Co-Chair Elections (20 minutes) Hangar [...]

The Pittsburg Post-Gazette has a good article on Moffett commercial tenant Airship Ventures and its efforts to weather the economic downturn, which has hurt its tourism and advertising revenue. … about 80 percent of the zeppelin’s customers are from the region … Some of the slack demand from tourists and advertisers may be picked up by special [...]