NASA owns a lot of properties around the country, amounting to a total value of around $32 billion. These include some famous launch sites like the Kennedy Space Center, which supported some of the Apollo Mission launches, as well as many around the nation\u2019s coasts. <\/p>\n
According to a report from the New York Times, many of these coastal sites are under threat from encroaching oceans that have risen in recent decades. In one example, a NASA researcher tells the Times that part of the beach near the Kennedy Space Center has moved up at least 50 yards from where it used to be.<\/p>\n
In recent years, impacts from Hurricane Sandy are believed to have diminished the coastline extensively by knocking out much of its dune line. Rising seas represent a more long-term threat. <\/p>\n
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