NASA Denied Funds For Kendall Sq. Lab

A House of Representatives subcommittee Friday denied funds to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the construction of the planned $61 million NASA research laboratory in Kendall Sq.

Proponents of the center remain confident, however, that the vote will be reversed by the parent committee on science and astronautics.

The vote denying funds represents a victory for businesses in Kendall Sq. which would be displaced by the research center. Members of the subcommittee who voted to deny funds said they did not oppose the construction of the laboratory but only the choice of the site.