NASA Langley: An open secret

Hampton Roads, Local 1 Minute

So says Del. Joe May in this Washington Post article. May organized a recent trip to the Hampton facility for law makers and business owners to make them aware of the capabilities.

The trip’s purpose was to foster relationships between the agency — with its $17 billion budget — and companies that might want a piece of its business. The Langley center already works with a number of Northern Virginia companies, including Orbital Sciences, Unisys, FiberTech and Luna Innovations, not to mention having contracts with Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Lesa B. Roe, Langley’s director, said the center has created 10,000 jobs in Virginia and pumps $1.1 billion into the state’s economy every year. But the bulk of contracts and partnerships are with companies in the Hampton area.

Roe said she wanted to make engineering and contracting firms to the north more aware of the technology available at Langley. “We have capabilities they can use,” she said. “They need to know that their technology could have far greater reach than they ever dreamed.”

Having grown up in Hampton, I was aware of the facility. But I had no idea just how much it has grown in the years since I moved away. This is truly a Hampton Roads gem and it is good to see others being exposed to what it has to offer.

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  1. And thus we have this statement from NASA with regards to drilling off Virginia’s shores:

    “National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provided technical data on restricted airspace and a map in opposition to the MMS plan off Virginia, including conflicts with range hazard areas, adjacent DOD designated warning areas, and target missions related to the Wallops Flight Facility off the coast of Virginia. The NASA outlines risk factors including safety risks, risk to high value equipment, increased ship and air traffic, presence of undersea equipment, risks to surface skimming missiles.

    But who cares about that or the Navy’s opposition, says Thelma Drake. Screw that, she says. “Drill, baby, drill”!

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