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responsible for Hangar One restoration costs, ending negotiations that NASA hoped would result in the Navy helping to restore the structure by providing some of the up-front costs. There had also been a recent meeting between the secretary of the Navy, the head of NASA, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and the OMB in which everyone agreed that “the Hangar needs to be preserved,� Braxton said. Braxton made comments indicating that NASA was seriously considering the use of private development funds to restore the Hangar. He said he had gotten a tour of the former Ford auto plant in Richmond restored by Orton Development, a firm which has asked NASA to allow open bidding for Hangar One restoration. Orton wants to restore the structure and lease it out for various uses. “They did an outstanding job,� Braxton said of the Ford plant. There was still much skepticism from preservationists and members of the RAB, who pointed out that there was no reason to believe that the Hangar’s massive skeletal structure wouldn’t be left exposed to the elements when the siding is removed later this year. (The Navy said the schedule for siding removal has been pushed from November to mid-December.) RAB members decided to form a subcommittee that would meet more frequently about Hangar One in the coming months. At the meeting, NASA Ames employee Cheryl Orth suggested that a grassroots campaign be started to raise money from regular citizens to restore Hangar One. Costs for restoration have been put at anywhere between $15 million and $40 million. “I would be happy to write the first check to Lew Braxton for $100,� she said. Lenny Siegel, director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight, said it was important to designate a reuse for the Hangar and a cost for restoration in order for the community to be more involved in saving it. Braxton said he imagined there may be some sort of public-private partnership to fund restoration and reuse, and did not want to say how much re-skinning might cost so as to not influence possible future bids on the project. In the next few weeks, Braxton said, NASA intends to narrow down a list of potential ways to fund restoration and reuse of the Hangar. There is still an early proposal to use Hangar One to house another large airship for aeronautical research, Braxton said, but NASA does not have such a program funded yet. V
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