A building where scientists built the spacecraft that carried men to the moon is becoming a hub for the development of homeland security technology. 
Business leaders, politicians and others attended a dedication ceremony Friday for the Morrelly Homeland Security Center. It’s located at a former Northrup Grumman site in Bethpage.
New York City Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano gave the keynote address.
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Some government agencies and private businesses already are up and running there.
The center boasts state-of-the-art technology. That would also allow it to double as a “command and control” hub in the event of a major disaster in New York or on the East Coast.
The 90,000-square foot center is the former Grumman Plant 5. The lunar module was built there in the 1960s and ’70s.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
