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NASA OIG Review of NASA's Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
August 25, 2011
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NASA OIG Review of NASA’s Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters
“The Administrator’s decision, while greeted with excitement at the chosen locations, was not well received in some quarters, particularly by members of Congress and others who supported Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas, and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (Air Force Museum) in Dayton, Ohio. Members of these groups raised concerns that in making its selections NASA failed to follow the law or allowed politics to dictate the result. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) review examined these complaints and a variety of other issues related to placement of the Orbiters.”
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“Local officials and Congressmen insist the decision was politically motivated and accuse President Barack Obama’s administration of excluding the Texas city because of the state’s Republican leanings. They pointed to an initial finding in 2009 that determined Houston should get a shuttle. They accused NASA administrator Charles Bolden of deliberately changing the criteria to focus on areas that would attract international tourists rather than those with ties to the program so that he could exclude Houston. “It’s clear to me this was rigged from the beginning and it was pretty clear Houston would not receive the Orbiter,” GOP Congressman Kevin Brady told The Associated Press.”

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