Audit sparks concern over NASA center in Ohio

CLEVELAND (AP) — A NASA inspector general’s audit that says five NASA research facilities in Ohio are under-used and potentially expendable has caused concern among northern Ohio officials about the future of the national space agency’s Ohio research center and its annex.

The testing sites that helped establish the NASA Glenn Research Center’s reputation as an aerospace innovator are among at least 33 NASA technical sites nationwide that the report labeled as outdated, redundant or lacking a clear future purpose, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/14zIZ3o) reported.