"Braxton made comments indicating that NSA was seriously considering the use of private development funds"

I think you meant NASA instead of NSA

HOORAH!!! now if we could do something about the rest of nasa's budget......

This is not news. This is junk.

They have an agreement. Hooray. But they still have no idea where the money to do this task is going to come from or even a timeline. THAT'S the only story in all of this, that they still are at square one about paying for all of this.

Until they get the $$ to do this, it's not a story, it's just junk. It's rumor and public opinion shaping, that's all.

Just tear the damn thing down already. If you REALLY think that people's lives are going to be appreciably better because you do OR don't keep the hanger, you have a pathetic life. Just tear it down, put that money towards things that would make people's lives appreciably better.

I think it is a good thing they are repairing the roof, although there are some questions about how it is to be funded.
Airships are making a slow return to use for security operations so a hangar like Moffett does have its uses.
Regards
Joe See: www.airshipblimp.com and www.airship.me

It is awe-inspiring that NASA is setting for itself such an ambitious and far-reaching goal. I look forward to the day when I can tell my grandchildren all about how I witnessed this, the beginning of our conquest of the cosmos. Kudos!

Years ago, when there was talk of using the Hanger to house a Moffett Air/Space Museum, I contributed to an organization set up to raise money for the project. That idea has apparently died, I'm sorry to say, but I would still be willing, as Cheryl Orth is, to contribute to the cost of re-skinning the Hanger.

I think if they added up all the man-hours (NASA/RAB etc) on this issue over the past few years the Government could have re-skinned the Hangar many times over. Our tax dollars at work, let's just do it and stop talking about it.

I'm curious, what covers its big brother in Akron, Ohio?

I still think Google is missing out on a big PR opportunity here. They could reskin it and add a huge Google logo. The old Mountain View meets the new...