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The long-running campaign to restore Silicon Valley's beloved 1930s mega-relic, Hangar One, has passed another milestone: the US Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have jointly "committed" to reskinning the toxically troublesome edifice. This milestone, however, comes with a weighty millstone …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Larry Ellison Hangar One?

    Will it be able to fit his ego?

    I'll just run along, now...

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    The USS Macon prepares to enter Hanger One

    I didn't realise this was a porn site, honestly.

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  3. Solomon Grundy
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    Good

    $40 million isn't too large of a sum considering the historical aspects of the facility, and the overall "coolness" factor. There are many viable options for the use of the building as well.

    The biggest cost pitfall are the labor unions that will inevitably whine and cry if they aren't included. If they can keep the unions out then the cost will be much closer to the $15 million figure.

    Here's to saving a really cool part of U.S. history.

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  4. Hungry Sean
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    good idea with naming rights, wrong sponsor

    The Hangar One Hangar One would be fantastic, and they are a local company too.

    Beer, I guess as a chaser?

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  5. Slappy Frogg

    Love Hangar One

    Hope they are able to save it....may not be practical but is certainly impressive.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    I know...

    Jonathan Schwartz coul'd use his Sun golden handshake to pay for it, on condition that it carries a Sun logo. At least he'd have left one good legacy for Sun...

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  7. Bilgepipe
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    Google

    It's right in Mountain View - why don't Google renovate it and fill it with servers? They could fit, what, a weeks worth of expansion in there?

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  8. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    so damm big it's hard to believe *no* one can find a use for it.

    300 ft wide is enough for some *very* large aircraft. Is there no runway nearby?

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  9. Robert Carnegie Silver badge

    Think of it as another Millennium Dome

    When you said "Colossus" I thought this was going to be about 1940s America's answer to Bletchley Park.

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  10. stu 4
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    gigapan

    it's on gigapan

    http://gigapan.org/gigapans/12057/

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  11. jason 7
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    Not that amazing.

    We have two of them at Cardington in Bedforshire.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington,_Bedfordshire

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Cool Hangars

      Hangar One is a bit more attractive, but those Cardington ones are pretty impressive:

      http://www.tony-crowe.fotopic.net/c1164388.html

      Thanks for the tip.

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      1. Parax
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        Cardington

        Much better View here and you can move around them too..

        http://tinyurl.com/CardingtonHangers

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        1. Anonymous Coward
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          The Bing Aerial View Is Even Better

          http://www.bing.com/maps/

          (Don't know how to save a fully-executed link -sorry. Me dummie)

          I think it's a riot how Google Maps carefully blurs things like the rooftops of police stations and military bases, then Bing lets you see the sentries having a cigarette break.

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  12. Anonymous Coward
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    USA

    "an area with few - if any - notable historic edifices" - you mean the USA ?

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  13. Saganhill
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    Movies

    Didnt they film the latest StarTrek here? Use it as a studio and charge for its use. That will pay for its reskinning.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Movies

      "Didnt they film the latest StarTrek here? Use it as a studio and charge for its use. That will pay for its reskinning."

      That's exactly what they did with one of the two Cardington hangars. I seem to recall that Batman Begins had its Gotham street set built here...

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  14. Brian Miller

    Control the rain runoff, save the millions

    I'm guessing that other than being "toxic," the siding on the structure is just fine. So why not do something about the runoff, and leave the siding alone? Surely the water can be treated for far less than what it takes to replace the siding.

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