CLEVELAND — NASA is looking to leave Washington D.C., and Cleveland is one of the new homes they are considering.

What You Need To Know

  • NASA is looking to leave Washington D.C. and move somewhere else

  • One of the potential landing spots is Cleveland 

  • State leaders, like Governor Mike DeWine, Senator Jon Husted and Congressman Max Miller are pushing for it to end up in Cleveland

Gov. Mike DeWine, Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, are pushing for this.

“Ohio is all about the future, and we want to begin today by sending this message,” DeWine said.

DeWine explained the message they are trying to send is that the state of Ohio is a united front and that they want the new headquarters in northeast Ohio.

Miller said Cleveland doesn’t face the threat of major natural disasters.

“Cleveland and northeast Ohio is the only place where NASA headquarters should and is going to land,” Miller said.

Miller explained that the cost of living in Cleveland is lower than the nation’s capital and other large cities, which makes the headquarters coming to Cleveland more appealing. Husted agreed.

“Ohio is a better value proposition for the federal government than Washington D.C. or most places around this country,” he said.

The state leaders spoke with high school students at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Wednesday.

One of the students was Kyle Williams.

Williams said he wants to work for NASA one day as an aerospace engineer and wants to be able to work his dream job in his hometown.

“Being able to be in such close proximity to NASA opens the door for networking, internships and even more opportunities later in life,” Williams said.

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