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The director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Cambridge research center yesterday defended the choice of Kendall Square for NASA's $61 million, electronics laboratory on the basis of the square's proximity to Harvard and M.I.T.
Opponents have contended that the Watertown Arsenal, to be deactivated soon by the Defense Department, would be a better selection because it would cost the government less money and would not force the relocation of firms now in Kendall Square.
An appeal pending in the Massachusetts State Judicial Court challenges the right of Cambridge to take the Kendall Square site under urban renewal laws and then resell to NASA.
If the courts uphold Cambridge's position, the City would receive federal urban renewal funds to clear the 42 acres in Kendall Square--29 for NASA and 13 for an adjoining private development.
The Court challenge seems to present a problem beyond mere legality, however. Opponents of the Kendall Square project claim that their case is strong enough to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. If they are right and they choose to press the issue, the legal battle could...