Hello65 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 We're in Orbit Over the International Space Station National Laboratory Universities, companies and research centers across Northeast Ohio are eagerly anticipating a decision that could make our region the headquarters for the space economy of the future. NASA soon will decide where to locate the command center for its International Space Station National Laboratory. For the past several months, a contingent of business leaders, scientists and gov ernment officials -- led by Team Northeast Ohio -- have tirelessly campaigned to attract this extraordinary opportunity to Cleveland's Health-Tech Corridor. ... VOICE YOUR OPINION Send a letter NASA has no firm deadline for announcing where the International Space Station National Laboratory command center will be based. However, a decision is imminent. Letters of support for the Cleveland location, referencing Cooperative Agreement No tice NNH11SOM002, are strongly encouraged and may be sent to: Charles F. Bolden Jr. Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration 300 E St. SW Washington, D.C. 20546 See http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/06/were_in_orbit_over_the_interna.html#comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 ^ This would be a HUGE national (and even international) win for Cleveland and Ohio. The spin off from this in Cleveland would be incredible. From a June 2 article: Cleveland's Health-Tech Corridor is an emerging district that runs between downtown Cleveland and University Circle. The hope is that the MidTown Tech Park will attract businesses as well as keep new companies from leaving Cleveland's incubators. Haviland said Thursday that expansion plans show the group is serious about attracting opportunities, such as housing an international space station national laboratory. In April, Space Laboratory Associates, a joint venture between Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus and Universities Space Research Association of Columbia, Md., said it would locate to MidTown if it receives a 10-year management contract from NASA. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/midtown_cleveland_inc_announce.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'm starting to think this deserves it's own thread. I'm finding a ton of other articles: http://www.medcitynews.com/2011/06/cleveland-hopes-to-land-command-center-for-space-research-project/ http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20110525/FREE/110529926 http://brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press_releases/release/?id=60952d63-c4bf-4391-83c8-c59a8b7bab54 http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2011/06/iss-national-la-6.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneybear Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 This is incredible news and could mean a great deal for the city of Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Either way, the announcement sounds like it will be coming soon. (old deadline was May 31). And the title of this thread should be: "International Space Station National Laboratory" ... this will be involving more than just NASA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandOhio Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 This would be huge! It needs to come here now that I heard of it! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJP Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Either way, the announcement sounds like it will be coming soon. (old deadline was May 31). And the title of this thread should be: "International Space Station National Laboratory" ... this will be involving more than just NASA. Done. I shortened for purposes of brevity. “What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?” Or “We all dwell together to make money from each other”? -- TS Eliot’s The Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 And if it lands in the Health-Tech Corridor along Euclid Ave.....WOW... Midtown would get something better than a mental hospital... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandOhio Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Are you liking our chances? I really hope this goes our way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigriverburning Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 ... VOICE YOUR OPINION Send a letter NASA has no firm deadline for announcing where the International Space Station National Laboratory command center will be based. However, a decision is imminent. Letters of support for the Cleveland location, referencing Cooperative Agreement No tice NNH11SOM002, are strongly encouraged and may be sent to: Charles F. Bolden Jr. Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration 300 E St. SW Washington, D.C. 20546 See http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/06/were_in_orbit_over_the_interna.html#comments We are hoping that this project lands at 7000 Euclid Ave. which would connect one of the gaps between Baker Electric and the MidTown Tech Park. I encourage anyone interested to follow up with a letter to Mr. Bolden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJP Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Midtown would get something better than a mental hospital... ;) I don't think that many jobs are involved with this (the hospital would have added 500 jobs!), and it involves no new construction. The space station lab would be based in an existing renovated building in the 7000 block of Euclid Ave. It's an important project, but unless it creates a ton of spin-off jobs, it won't be as big as the hospital we lost to Kasich and the suburbs. “What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?” Or “We all dwell together to make money from each other”? -- TS Eliot’s The Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 ^ Thanks for the clear-up. This however, wouldn't get the privilege of staying in Ohio or NEO. It's either Cleveland...or some other state. From the articles above: "The project would initially create 32 jobs in the area, but Team NEO hopes it would lead to more in subsequent years. “As companies start to cluster around this location, there would be new companies brought into the area and new jobs created,” Foran said." And "The agreement with NASA would last 10 years and could total $138 million, according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Development. SLA would not be based at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Instead, it likely would be based in a soon-to-be renovated building adjacent to the new MidTown Tech Park on Euclid Avenue. NASA Glenn wants to remain neutral in the race for the space station lab so it might win work from whichever firm wins the contract. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythis Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Great News. Please make it happen. With future growth we would finally get a chance to keep our kids in Cleveland after we educate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 It looks like NASA may not be in that big of a hurry to pick a manager or location: With shuttle program ending, it's time to see what space station can do By Scott Powers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service July 6, 2011 In hopes of generating more space-related jobs, DiBello’s Space Florida has set up a new nonprofit called The Center for The Advancement of Science in Space that seeks to run part of the station’s science program. The station has four users. A partnership of the European Space Agency, Japan, Russia, Canada, Brazil and others, controlled by an international board, uses about a quarter of the station’s resources and astronaut time. The rest is divided between NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense and a NASA-administered national laboratory open to private companies, universities and individual scientists. DiBello has submitted a still-sealed bid to run the national laboratory. Cleveland-based Space Laboratory Associates, a partnership of Battelle Memorial Institute of Ohio and a consortium of research universities, has also bid, and there are reports that at least two other universities have as well. NASA must pick a manager by Oct. 1. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/space-shuttle/With+shuttle+program+ending+time+what+space+station/5059219/story.html#ixzz1RZGC1ZWz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyboy Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Unfortunately Cleveland didnt win the Lab: Northeast Ohio won't be home to new lab tied to International Space Station By CHUCK SODER 3:00 pm, July 13, 2011 Northeast Ohio will not be home to a new national laboratory designed to make better use of the International Space Station. NASA instead chose to locate the lab at the Kennedy Space Center, which is just east of Orlando, Fla. http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110713/FREE/110719937 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StapHanger Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well that's disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 There's no mention of us in the NASA press release. I wonder how much Cleveland was even considered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRrAy HiLL Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hate the .bomb comments section... http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/07/nasa_wont_put_command_center_f.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyTwoSense Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hate the .bomb comments section... http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/07/nasa_wont_put_command_center_f.html Then why do you continue to read it and aggravate yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brtshrcegr Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 With the blow that the ending of the Shuttle program has caused to the space industry in Cental Florida (and heat NASA has taken for it) I'm not surprised they were thrown any bone they could. Disappointing yes, but at 30 jobs this wasn't exactly going to turn Midtown into the next Houston. Let's be glad we have Glenn -- and its thousands of jobs -- and do everything we can to protect and expand that asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD88PILOT Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 cosidering that NASA already has the resources in Brevard, this should be no surprise. Plus with the present Administration trimming back the budget it makes sense. NASA has, since the Nixon Admin. been nickled & dimed. Apollo was supposed to last well in to the '70's with many more moon missions than actually made. The Carter Admin. went cheap on the Space Shuttle and we got solid propellant boosters instead of one large chemical propelled booster...., and the saga continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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