No more hammer time? NASA evicts athletes from Moffett Field training site

NASA evicts athletes from Moffett Field training site

Sitting on a bleacher on a weekday morning, Gary John, a 77-year-old hammer thrower, pulled on a pair of fluorescent yellow training shoes and strapped a glove onto his right hand. Then he dragged a heavy metal ball by a wire to a dusty concrete ring at Moffett Field. “It’s what keeps me going,” John said, before spinning in a circle, bringing his arms above his head and releasing an 8-kilo hammer in the air. It flew across a dirt field, landing…

No more hammer time? NASA evicts athletes from Moffett Field training site

The hammer-throwing site has drawn hundreds of athletes to Moffett Field over the past three decades. But it now looks like the range is headed for closure, to the dismay of those who use it.