Space Center future will be bright – eventually, its director says, Orlando Sentinel
“I see a great future for KSC,” center director Robert Cabana told several hundred community boosters, elected officials, union members and industry executives gathered at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the annual “Community Leaders Briefing.” But short-term challenges – including mass layoffs – are looming, he added. Unlike previous briefings, this year’s gathering resembled a pep rally for a high school football team after a losing season rather than the traditional “state of Kennedy Space Center” update.”

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