NASA’s headquarters sold
The building that has been NASA’s headquarters for 26 years is being purchased by a South Korean company for about $400 million.
It doesn’t appear NASA is moving, since their lease continues until 2029. This deal appears to be simply a real estate deal between different office building companies.
Readers!
I must unfortunately ask you for your financial support because I do not depend on ads and rely entirely on the generosity of readers to keep Behind the Black running. You can either make a one time donation for whatever amount you wish, or you sign up for a monthly subscription ranging from $2 to $15 through Paypal or $3 to $50 through Patreon.
Your support will allow me to continue covering science and culture as I have for the past twenty years, independent and free from any outside influence.
Your support is even more essential to me because I not only keep this site free from advertisements, I do not use the corrupt social media companies like Google, Twitter, and Facebook to promote my work. I depend wholly on the direct support of my readers.
You can provide that support to Behind The Black with a contribution via Patreon or PayPal. To use Patreon, go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation. For PayPal click one of the following buttons:
If Patreon or Paypal don't work for you, you can support Behind The Black directly by sending your donation by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman, to
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
Or you can donate by using Zelle through your bank. You will need to give my name and email address (found at the bottom of the "About" page). The best part of this electronic option is that no fees will be deducted! What you donate will be what I receive.
The building that has been NASA’s headquarters for 26 years is being purchased by a South Korean company for about $400 million.
It doesn’t appear NASA is moving, since their lease continues until 2029. This deal appears to be simply a real estate deal between different office building companies.
I must unfortunately ask you for your financial support because I do not depend on ads and rely entirely on the generosity of readers to keep Behind the Black running. You can either make a one time donation for whatever amount you wish, or you sign up for a monthly subscription ranging from $2 to $15 through Paypal or $3 to $50 through Patreon.
Your support will allow me to continue covering science and culture as I have for the past twenty years, independent and free from any outside influence.
Your support is even more essential to me because I not only keep this site free from advertisements, I do not use the corrupt social media companies like Google, Twitter, and Facebook to promote my work. I depend wholly on the direct support of my readers.
You can provide that support to Behind The Black with a contribution via Patreon or PayPal. To use Patreon, go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation. For PayPal click one of the following buttons:
If Patreon or Paypal don't work for you, you can support Behind The Black directly by sending your donation by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman, to
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
Or you can donate by using Zelle through your bank. You will need to give my name and email address (found at the bottom of the "About" page). The best part of this electronic option is that no fees will be deducted! What you donate will be what I receive.
Why is NASA’s headquarters not owned by the government? I was shocked to hear your report this on the radio.
What does subscription provide? Do you get notifications via email?
S. Kaye asked, “What does subscription provide? Do you get notifications via email?”
Assuming you are asking about subscriptions to Behind the Black, the only true benefit is that you get the joy of supporting my effort. It ain’t much, but trust me, I’m not getting rich doing this. In fact, I have been getting poor for years due to my passion for space, science, and exploration.
Nonetheless, the support and donations I have getting from my readers and the people who hear me on the John Batchelor Show and other radio venues has been deeply appreciated. And this support has been growing, which is increasingly allowing me to focus my efforts more on the webpage rather than other more mundane writing work.
So, if you choose to support me, I will be grateful. If not, I will understand completely.
S. Kaye–
I believe Washington DC is the second largest market for office-space in the Country. (outside of NYC) ((It’s a boom-town, which is a huge problem in and of itself, but a topic for another day.))
You don’t really want the Fed’s to actually own the buildings they use– it’s more efficient & less-costly for the Feds to lease space from private developers, and they in-turn assume all the risk of being a landlord to the Feds.
(as long as the GSA pays market-rate rent & there aren’t any sweetheart crony deals, everything is actually OK and nothing devious is going on.)
>Boston Properties Inc., (Mort Zuckerman) was the original developer/owner, although I don’t know if they are the ones who sold to the S. Koreans.
(I’d be willing to bet, your Pension Fund owns bits of Boston Properties & other real-estate investment trusts, who lease space to Local/State/Federal government operations.)
>As to Behind the Black— what you get for donating to Mr. Z is high-quality Space, Exploration, & Political items/discussion, a clean website with minimal advertising (interruptions), and no hidden agenda. You can comment without logging-in, and he’s not trying to harvest your email address & sell you junk.
For me, those are valuable things, which is why I do donate, and I’d encourage you to at least think about it.
I’m not scientist myself, just an interested civilian, and I’m always amazed at the high-quality brain-power & diversity of professions of the audience here. I literally learn-something-new, every day.
Or… you could always buy a book, Christmas is coming!
Personally– I’d highly recommend “Genesis, the Story of Apollo 8,” for yourself, and possibly getting the “Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space,” as a reference-book. (Bought a copy for my G-Daughter.)
Either way– hope to see your name pop up in the discussion thread going forward!