January 29, 201015 yr NASA Glenn to get new assignments, money in wake of Constellation cancellation, Sen. Brown says By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer January 28, 2010, 9:07PM President Barack Obama's decision to scuttle plans to return astronauts to the moon will impact Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center, but the losses will be more than offset by an expansion of Glenn's roles in other aerospace work, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown said Thursday. ... See http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2010/01/nasa_glenn_to_get_new_assignme.html
February 3, 201015 yr NASA Glenn workers perplexed by Obama's bid to scrap moon mission By Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer February 02, 2010, 7:16PM BROOK PARK, Ohio -- President Barack Obama's budget bid to scrap NASA's back-to-the-moon mission shocked scores of scientists and engineers at NASA Glenn Research Center and left them wondering about the center's future, union officials say. NASA Glenn Director Woodrow Whitlow met with hundreds of employees this morning and a dozen reporters in the afternoon at the Brook Park campus to answer questions and quell anxiety over Obama's proposal to sack the Constellation program. NASA is six years and $9 billion into the mission to return astronauts to the Moon and then to Mars, as proposed by former President George Bush. MORE AT http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/nasa_glenn_workers_perplexed_b.html
February 4, 201015 yr A big reason I suspect NASA will go back to the moon is to accommodate special interests that want to exploit something up there for profit--all under some kind of nobel giuse of exploring new fronteirs, yadda, yadda.
February 4, 201015 yr Talk about instability at NASA Glenn: NASA Glenn Director Woodrow Whitlow leaving for another agency post By Ellen Kleinerman, The Plain Dealer February 04, 2010, 8:55AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The uncertainty over NASA Glenn Research Center's future elevated Wednesday as employees learned Director Woodrow Whitlow is leaving. Whitlow, who headed Glenn for four years, was named associate administrator for Mission Support at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/02/nasa_glenn_director_woodrow_wh.html
February 4, 201015 yr From today's PD article posted above: Whitlow said the center is well-positioned to assume a significant role in the administration's plan. "We are an outstanding research center," Whitlow said. "I see Glenn's future as solid."
July 10, 201014 yr NASA Glenn Research Center will fare well under Obama's plan, space agency Administrator Charles Bolden says Published: Friday, July 09, 2010, 2:46 PM Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- President Barack Obama's controversial plan to turn away from a moon mission and focus instead on new space-exploring technologies will "significantly raise the profile" of NASA Glenn Research Center, says Charles Bolden, head of the space agency. Bolden, speaking today at the City Club of Cleveland, said NASA Glenn, between its Brook Park campus and spacecraft-testing facility near Sandusky, will benefit "quite a bit" from efforts to bolster advanced propulsion, communications and astronaut health in deep space. He noted that NASA Glenn would lead two programs under Obama's new mission. One is the Exploration Technology Development and Demonstration Program, to be funded at $223 million in 2011 and at $1.8 billion over five years. The other is the Space Technology Research Grants program. NASA Glenn would manage $70 million next year and $350 million over five years. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/post_56.html
August 27, 201014 yr NASA is updating its space in Brook Park Published: Friday, August 27, 2010, 8:04 AM Ken Baka, Sun News BROOK PARK The campus of NASA Glenn Research Center is replacing some of its space. Construction projects have been under way for about a year. Those include the entryway from Brookpark Road to the main-gate house. The more massive piece of the plan to rebuild the 350-acre campus is about to begin. It’s an office building with a capacity of 300 workers, plus a 400-seat auditorium and an assortment of conference rooms. Groundbreaking of what NASA calls its flagship project will take place this morning. Named the Centralized Office Building, the three-story building will serve as main offices. It will be in the center of the campus on Taylor Road, the main road of the campus. http://blog.cleveland.com/newssun/2010/08/nasa_is_updating_its_space_in.html
September 30, 201014 yr uh oh... NASA bill passes despite worries it will hurt Glenn Research Center Published: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 11:14 AM Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer WASHINGTON -- The House Wednesday night adopted a bill that would provide $58 billion to fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration over the next three years. Concluding that there wouldn't be enough time in the legislative year to finish its own bill, the House adopted the same bill the Senate finalized last month. Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon of Tennessee said that bill was flawed, but passing it would provide "certainty, stability and clarity to the NASA workforce and larger space community." Bainbridge Township GOP Rep. Steve LaTourette disagreed, and said he'd oppose the bill because it will lead to local job losses at NASA Glenn Research Center, reduce research funding and force NASA to completely depend on the commercial sector for crew and cargo transportation to the International Space Station. "I am concerned that the language in the underlying bill sends the agency on a path toward privatization, and privatization undermines the agency and its workers," agreed Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who joined LaTourette in sending their Ohio colleagues a letter opposing the bill. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/nasa_bill_passes_despite_worri.html
February 15, 201114 yr A sigh of relief for NEO... NASA Glenn fares well under President Obama's budget plan, other programs face cuts Published: Monday, February 14, 2011, 7:09 PM By Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center emerged a winner in the $3.7 trillion budget plan that President Barack Obama unveiled on Monday. The proposal also cuts programs that fund social and community services and environmental cleanup efforts in Ohio. Glenn's 2012 budget would rise to $809 million under the plan, a boost of more than $100 million over its 2010 funding level. Much of the increase comes from NASA's decision to base two facets of its new Exploration Technology Development program at Glenn. A new solar electric mission to be headquartered at Glenn will develop systems that use light to propel space ships. A cryo fluid management effort will develop chemical propulsion systems to operate in the low temperature and gravity of deep space. http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/02/nasa_glenn_fares_well_under_pr.html
February 15, 201114 yr Keep in mind, this is only Obama's proposed budget. The House version of the budget is quite different, and isnt quite so generous to NASA (althought its not broken down by location). We can keep our fingers crossed that in the end, NASA Glenn at least fares better then some of the others....
February 12, 201213 yr Cleveland-built testing equipment to start journey to International Space Station, via Japan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First Posted: February 12, 2012 - 10:16 am Last Updated: February 12, 2012 - 10:16 am CLEVELAND — Communications testing equipment built at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland over the past five years is ready to start its journey to space. The $105 million Space Communications and Navigation Testbed, or ScaN, is the size of an air conditioner. The Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/xuQVtV ) reports it will be shipped by land, sea and air to Japan beginning Monday so a Japanese rocket can deliver it to the International Space Station. It's expected to launch this summer. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ee4acc71f3144e2182c2af7fafc47718/OH--Space-Communications-Tester/
September 27, 201410 yr NASA awards construction contracts to 6 local firms By CHUCK SODER September 26, 2014 10:56 AM NASA has handed out eight construction contracts that could be worth $25 million each, and six of them went to companies in northern Ohio. The companies will perform a long list of construction tasks and other services at NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park and NASA’s Plum Brook Station, near Sandusky. The contracts could last up to five years, if NASA exercises all three, one-year options. Here are the Ohio-based firms that won contracts: Brigadier Construction Services, PPW Builders Inc. and Terrace Construction, all of Cleveland; Erie Affiliates of Willoughby Hills; Pinnacle Construction and Development Group of Willoughby; and R.J. Runge Co. of Port Clinton. READ MORE AT: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140926/FREE/140929857/nasa-awards-construction-contracts-to-6-local-firms "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 16, 201410 yr Construction takes wing at NASA Glenn in Brook Park By Grant Segall, The Plain Dealer on October 27, 2014 at 2:12 PM, updated October 27, 2014 at 7:23 PM BROOK PARK, Ohio – NASA Glenn Research Center's first new office building in a few decades is a glassy, gleaming, energy-efficient sign of the federal government's continued commitment to Brook Park. The Mission Integration Center, which opened in late July, is the biggest result to date of a 20-year master plan approved in 2007. Construction crews are creating a "downtown Glenn" for key operations and moving other jobs, such as shipping and receiving, to the fringes. The mission center cost $29 million, counting design, construction and furnishings. It provides common ground for workers from different Glenn enterprises, including space flight and conventional flight. Many of the building's roughly 300 occupants have labs elsewhere on campus but offices here. READ MORE AT: http://www.cleveland.com/brook-park/index.ssf/2014/10/post_12.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 1, 201510 yr Missed this one.... Beefed-up budget is big development for NASA Glenn Increased government funding expected to play to strengths of local research center By CHUCK SODER Originally Published: January 11, 2015 4:30 AM Modified: January 11, 2015 8:50 PM NASA Glenn Research Center received an outpouring of support from Ohio's Congressional delegation as the federal government was setting NASA's 2015 budget. For the most part, they got what they wanted: A budget that plays to NASA Glenn's strengths, giving the center a good chance to compete for funding. After a few years of cost-cutting, the federal government increased NASA's budget for the current fiscal year. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20150111/SUB1/301119979/beefed-up-budget-is-big-development-for-nasa-glenn "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 15, 20177 yr NASA Glenn experiments head to International Space Station Updated 5:48 AM; Posted 5:00 AM By Sabrina Eaton, seatonCleveland[/member].com WASHINGTON - A very little piece of Cleveland will visit the International Space Station on Friday when a rocket packed with some 4,800 pounds of crew supplies and research materials is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/12/nasa_glenn_studies_on_the_spac.html
August 14, 20186 yr More tech jobs! CLEVELAND'S NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER GETTING NEW RESEARCH SUPPORT BUILDING https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/clevelands-nasa-glenn-research-center-getting-new-research-support-building/95-583754630 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 14, 20186 yr More tech jobs! CLEVELAND'S NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER GETTING NEW RESEARCH SUPPORT BUILDING https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/clevelands-nasa-glenn-research-center-getting-new-research-support-building/95-583754630 While I wish we were getting more tech jobs, unfortunately all the workers in the building will only be relocated from other aging offices here on campus.
October 2, 20186 yr TEN Arquitectos breaks ground on a new NASA research facility in Cleveland By JONATHAN HILBURG (@JHILBURG) • October 1, 2018 In honor of NASA’s 60th anniversary, the Mexico City and New York–based firm TEN Arquitectos has designed an anchor for the space agency’s John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The X-shaped Research Support Building (RSB), formed from two bisecting volumes, will create a central hub for the collection of World War II–era buildings that currently make up the Glenn Research Center. The research center, founded in 1940 as an aircraft research laboratory and integrated into NASA after the agency’s founding in 1958, is named after the Ohioan astronaut of the same name. The “behind the scenes” facility, one of 10 at NASA, is responsible for much of the agency’s fundamental, technological, and rocket science research. The new 60,000-square-foot RSB broke ground on September 26, and once the building is complete, will create a nexus for the now-scattered campus where researchers can collaborate, relax, and engage in interdisciplinary dialogue. The building’s cross-shaped massing speaks to that purpose, and by cantilevering the upper floors and cladding them in glass, TEN Arquitectos has afforded visitors 270-degree views of the campus. MORE: https://archpaper.com/2018/10/ten-arquitectos-nasa-glenn-research-center-cleveland/#gallery-0-slide-0 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 18, 20196 yr https://www.cleveland.com/expo/news/g66l-2019/03/becff0032c7943/nasa-glenn-a-rising-star-as-us-aims-for-moon-and-mars.html
December 4, 20195 yr Does the NASA campus expansion warrant it's own thread in "Northwest Ohio Projects & Construction?" Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center to receive $34 million in federal funding The money will be used to build a new Aerospace Communications facility. Author: WKYC Staff Published: 11:06 PM EST December 3, 2019 Updated: 11:30 PM EST December 3, 2019 CLEVELAND — Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center is getting a big injection of federal funding for upgrades. The House NASA caucus, co-chaired by Ohio congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, announced nearly $34 million dollars in new funding on Tuesday. The new 54,000 square-foot building will house approximately 25 research and development laboratories specially designed and constructed for communication technologies. In addition to laboratory spaces, the building and grounds will include a large, shielded high-bay space, as well as rooftop and ground-based antennae fields. https://www.wkyc.com/article/tech/science/aerospace/nasa-glenn-research-center-to-receive-34-million-in-federal-funding/95-927633d4-e0c4-4cdf-999c-e628c9464dd3 Edited December 4, 20195 yr by MuRrAy HiLL
January 24, 20214 yr nasa celebrates 80th anniversary of glenn: https://www.nasa.gov/glenn/2021/history/nasa-celebrates-establishment-of-center-in-cleveland-80-years-ago
April 2, 20214 yr the nasa gateway moon mission vehicle had the first test of its solar electric propulsion system: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2021/we-are-fired-up-gateway-propulsion-system-passes-first-test
May 21, 20214 yr Really really good national media coverage: https://www.today.com/video/al-roker-visits-nasa-s-glenn-research-center-in-cleveland-111861317575 Thank you Mr. Al Roker for highlighting such an amazing asset to our region.
May 21, 20214 yr 34 minutes ago, MuRrAy HiLL said: Really really good national media coverage: https://www.today.com/video/al-roker-visits-nasa-s-glenn-research-center-in-cleveland-111861317575 Thank you Mr. Al Roker for highlighting such an amazing asset to our region. Al was totally right that a lot of Clevelanders don’t even know about NASA Glenn, which is such a shame. That was a great segment for highlighting some of the important work that’s done there.
May 24, 20214 yr now that al has spread the news about nasa glenn ---> here is the guided tours schedule: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/glenn/2021/nasa-glenn-launches-2021-virtual-public-tour-season Edited May 24, 20214 yr by mrnyc
October 12, 20213 yr NASA plan for Wi-Fi on the moon tested to span Cleveland's digital divide While the lunar Wi-Fi framework is still conceptual, the present-day applications of the concept are already being explored in Cleveland. https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-moon-wifi-digital-divide
January 1, 20223 yr nasa glenn end of the year review: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2021/nasa-glenn-continued-research-in-2021-for-space-exploration-and-next-gen-aeronautics
January 19, 20223 yr Construction on the new RSB complete! Jan 19, 2022 Contemporary Building Positions Glenn to Support NASA’s Future Missions NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently completed construction on the Research Support Building (RSB), an innovative new building designed to provide a flexible, inclusive, and collaborative workplace to meet future mission needs. The RSB contains office space for approximately 164 Glenn employees and support service contractors who will gradually move in over the next few months. It also will serve as a campus center with a cafeteria, “hoteling spaces” for part-time teleworkers, exchange store, credit union, ATM, 16 conference rooms, training rooms, and multiple gathering spaces. Concurrent engineering rooms allow multiple teams to work simultaneously on different phases of a technology or project. The new state-of-the-art Collaborative Modeling for the Parametric Assessment of Space Systems (COMPASS) lab, for example, will be used to conduct rapid conceptual spacecraft designs for NASA, industry, and the scientific community. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2022/contemporary-building-positions-glenn-to-support-nasa-s-future-missions
January 19, 20223 yr Is there some type of economic estimate that shows the amount of money having the NASA Glenn Center in the region actually brings? Or how many businesses are here in the region or have been drawn to the region because of it? I think it’s an asset and just now wondered what it brings us.
January 19, 20223 yr 31 minutes ago, Oldmanladyluck said: Is there some type of economic estimate that shows the amount of money having the NASA Glenn Center in the region actually brings? Or how many businesses are here in the region or have been drawn to the region because of it? I think it’s an asset and just now wondered what it brings us. Huge asset. At minimum it’s 3,500 well paying jobs.
January 20, 20223 yr 12 hours ago, Oldmanladyluck said: Is there some type of economic estimate that shows the amount of money having the NASA Glenn Center in the region actually brings? Or how many businesses are here in the region or have been drawn to the region because of it? I think it’s an asset and just now wondered what it brings us. Here's a recent study from CSU that estimates the economic impact at $1.7 billion per year: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1737/
January 20, 20223 yr Our NASA facility and the Port of Cleveland are two underrated economic entities. For as valuable as they are for some reason they don't seem to garner the type of press or discussion that other high profile organizations do. We talk about the assets our peer cities have that we don't have (state capital, major university etc.) but NASA and the port are two things we have that they don't. Wouldn't it be great if our local business and political leaders placed more emphasis on them and attempted to leverage those assets to increase our economy.
January 20, 20223 yr ^ Until I moved here, I had no idea whatsoever that NASA had facilities in Cleveland. When I saw it and mentioned it, most locals said things along the lines of ‘oh yeah, they have a hangar’ and generally talked it down. It was only a few years ago when I hired an ex-NASA employee, I found out the true extent of the operations. My hovercraft is full of eels
January 20, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, acd said: Here's a recent study from CSU that estimates the economic impact at $1.7 billion per year: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1737/ I do not know what this would compare to for something similar in the region, but $1.7B sounds pretty significant. Side note: the Director of NASA Glenn Research Center is an absolute rock star...Puerto Rico-born, Dr. Marla E. Pérez-Davis https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/perez-davis_bio.html Edited January 20, 20223 yr by MuRrAy HiLL
January 20, 20223 yr 32 minutes ago, JB said: Sure wish Cleveland could get the NASA facility back. We traded it to Brook Park in 2001 for the I-X Center… “Cleveland bought the I-X Center for $66.5 million from Park Corp. in 1999, with plans to demolish the building one day to make room for a Hopkins runway expansion. Brook Park, where the center was located, tried to seize it through eminent domain. The moves escalated a long-running feud between Cleveland and Brook Park, pitting the two cities’ headstrong mayors at the time – Mike White and Tom Coyne – against one another in a fight the Plain Dealer dubbed the “Gunfight at I-X Corral.” After years of wrangling and some $11 million in legal bills, White and Coyne sealed a truce with a hug in 2001. Cleveland claimed the I-X Center and ceded NASA Glenn Research Center to Brook Park in a land-swap and tax-sharing deal.” https://www.ideastream.org/news/i-x-center-to-close-after-35-years-as-covid-19-curtails-events-industry
January 20, 20223 yr don't forget the sandusky neil armstrong fka plum brook test facility is a branch of nasa glenn too: The Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, formerly known as Plum Brook Station, is a remote test facility for the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Located on 6,400 acres in the Lake Erie community of Sandusky, Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility is home to several world-class test facilities, which perform complex and innovative ground tests for the international space community. The Space Environments Complex (SEC) houses the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities including the Space Simulation Vacuum Chamber measuring 100 ft. in diameter by 122 ft. high. The Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility is the world's most powerful spacecraft acoustic test chamber, which can simulate the noise of a spacecraft launch up to 163 decibels or as loud as the thrust of 20 jet engines. The Mechanical Vibration Facility is the world's highest capacity and most powerful spacecraft shaker system, subjecting test articles to the rigorous conditions of launch. Take a virtual tour of the Space Environments Complex. In-Space Propulsion Facility (ISP) is the world's only facility capable of testing full-scale, upper-stage launch vehicles and rocket engines under simulated high-altitude conditions. The engine or vehicle can be exposed for indefinite periods to low ambient pressures, low-background temperatures and dynamic solar heating to simulate the environment of orbital or interplanetary travel. The Combined Effects Chamber is a space-environment test chamber that allows large-scale liquid hydrogen experiments to be conducted safely. It plays an essential role in the development of advanced insulation systems and on-orbit fluid transfer techniques for cryogenic fuel tanks and insulation systems. The Hypersonic Tunnel Facility tests large-scale hypersonic air-breathing propulsion systems. The facility’s size and long-run duration allow for full systems testing of large flight-rated structures and both hydrogen and hydrocarbon fueled propulsion systems. The NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed is a testbed used to design, develop, assemble, and test electric aircraft power systems, from small aircraft to airliners. It is designed with reconfigurable architecture to mature electric aircraft technologies. Plum Brook Station was renamed the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility on December 30, 2020 https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/testfacilities/index.html
January 20, 20223 yr I wasn't aware the NASA was ever in City of Cleveland. I thought it was always Brook Park.
January 20, 20223 yr I was not aware of the tax-sharing deal. I assume that means the local payroll tax for NASA employees is being split between Cleveland and Brookpark.
January 20, 20223 yr 19 minutes ago, LibertyBlvd said: I was not aware of the tax-sharing deal. I assume that means the local payroll tax for NASA employees is being split between Cleveland and Brookpark. I think it all goes to Brook Park. I work at NASA Glenn and I’ve always only paid taxes to Brook Park.
January 20, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, cadmen said: In retrospect looks like we got fleeced. well, that depends on how ambitious the city, county and airport wants to be.
February 21, 20223 yr Development news posted here "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 21, 20223 yr Nice article, as usual.Ken. What troubled me about Glenn was for a number of years the directorship was given out as a "twilight tour" to use a military term for your last assignment before retirement. Nothing important was expected of these directors; they were just supposed to keep the lid on while the headcount slowly bled away. Then a couple directors ago things changed; I'm not sure why. Putting NASA in Marci Kaptur's district, maybe? Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
February 21, 20223 yr You know as much as I love all the news and talk about the latest project in Cleveland the truth is that info is really just icing on the cake; the cake being REAL economic development. After all, those developments wouldn't be happening on any scale without a strong and growing economic base. When you look at other regions that are growing (or shrinking) you notice that they usually have multiple entities that they are identified with. Detroit has auto. Cincinnati has P&G. Pittsburgh has its universities and Columbus has state government and OSU. Of course those cities have other strengths but those are the obvious ones. In Cleveland we have the Clinic. That's not enough. There are a few other possibilities like CWRU, Lake Erie/the Port, and NASA. The Clinic is large enough now that its continual excellence is probably on autopilot. I'm not sure what local government can do to increase the visibility, size and reputation of CWRU but the lake and port are underutilized assets. I get that Lake Erie is a a very popular recreational and fishing asset but I think that has been exploited as much as possible. I'm not sure how much more growth can be squeezed out of the lake. But the Port, now that has room for tremendous growth. Right now we have the largest container port on the Great Lakes but even so, the volume is miniscule compared to coastal ports. Covid and supply chain issues have presented us with an opportunity to leverage the Port's facilities. I think if local government and business focus on the possibilities we can substantially grow the Port and that could be a real shot in the arm for the local economy. Having said all that I think NASA Glenn has the potential to be the second strongest economic asset in Northeast Ohio. Right now its probably the weakest of the NASA facilities. But if our politicians and business leaders all pulled in one direction we have the possibility of making NASA Glenn a magnet for scientific research. Business would open new offices/labs here. That would create new high paying jobs. That would bring a more educated workforce to the region. It could start a virtuous cycle of high tech jobs bringing educated workers to the region and some of those workers would inevitably create new companies. It could help CWRU grow its research base and student body. The synergy could be such that all parties (NASA Glenn, new companies and CWRU) feed off each other. The whole becomes greater than the parts. Even the Clinic could partner on some of the research. Right now Cleveland is still near the bottom of most economic rankings. Our personal income is very low compared to the rest of the country. Business growth is tepid compared to the growing regions. Levering our unique strengths like NASA Glenn can help propel us forward. The only way that happens is if our leaders recognize that we have a very underutilized asset. We don't have to start from scratch. It's already here. We don't have to figure out some new idea to grow our economy. We just have to recognize those existing assets that have the potential to grow. We just have to get behind them and push. If we push hard enough eventually we can just jump on board and enjoy the economic ride.
April 18, 20223 yr Partners make push to expand the region's NASA programs "For the first time in a long time, a group of state and local leaders made the argument that Northeast Ohio deserved a larger share of the $22.6 billion budget requested for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal 2022, and the group is doing the same for the $26 billion in NASA funding the White House plans to request as they look to bring $830 million to NASA Glenn as part of the fiscal 2023 appropriations budget. ... President Joe Biden in March signed into law a bill that included $10 million for a new runway and $29.5 million for a Department of Defense Space Force program to reactivate a previously decommissioned hypersonic tunnel at NASA Armstrong. The hypersonic program has seen renewed interest as word spread of a Russian-made hypersonic missile that can travel up to five times the speed of sound. ... Another line item in NASA’s fiscal 2022 budget — $1.5 million for the Ohio Aerospace Institute’s Research Center Partnership Initiative — is part of the effort to grow a commercial ecosystem around NASA Glenn. OAI president and CEO John Sankovic agrees with Bryant that securing NASA Glenn as a Lead Center is crucial to stabilizing funding and attracting related businesses." https://www.crainscleveland.com/government/partners-make-push-expand-regions-nasa-programs
April 18, 20223 yr ^ Yes! We are the only NASA facility above the Mason Dixon line. Our center has always seemed like the red headed step sister within the NASA family. So much so that at times we have been close to even losing it due to cutbacks. Our leaders in government and business have got to figure out a way to make this facility more relevant. We need to put more emphasis into turning it into a real center for research, more investment, more high wage jobs. Not only has NASA Glenn been seen as an afterthought within the NASA family it's also been an afterthought in NEO. That has to end. If we didn't have Glenn and if NASA was expanding we would be putting in the effort to acquire a facility. But we don't have to fight to get it. We already have one. We just have to fight to make it much more than it already is.
April 18, 20223 yr 24 minutes ago, cadmen said: ^ Yes! We are the only NASA facility above the Mason Dixon line. Our center has always seemed like the red headed step sister within the NASA family. So much so that at times we have been close to even losing it due to cutbacks. Our leaders in government and business have got to figure out a way to make this facility more relevant. We need to put more emphasis into turning it into a real center for research, more investment, more high wage jobs. Not only has NASA Glenn been seen as an afterthought within the NASA family it's also been an afterthought in NEO. That has to end. If we didn't have Glenn and if NASA was expanding we would be putting in the effort to acquire a facility. But we don't have to fight to get it. We already have one. We just have to fight to make it much more than it already is. Correct, Cleveland is home to 1 of the 10 NASA "Centers." Never thought of it, but good point on us having the only Center HQ located in the north.
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