In The End Its Only About Jobs, Right?

Q&A: Plans for NASA would bring significant changes to Space Coast, Florida Today
“Our real concern is Main Street: the guys who are going to see a reduction in their sales because household incomes are going to change. “We’ve been researching the opportunities and trying to find models of other communities around the country who have gone through similar instances. . . “
ATK supporters dismayed over U.S. space plans, AP
“Current and laid-off workers and promoters of ATK Space Systems say they are discouraged by an apparent drift in U.S. plans for space travel. Clearfield-based ATK Space Systems has laid off 970 workers in Utah since October, citing an uncertain future with the phase-out of the space shuttle and the Minuteman III ballistic missile programs.”