Commercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes New Members and Leadership “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomed several new member companies at its Executive Board meeting this week, expanding its membership to more than 60 companies. … Frank DiBello, President and CEO of Space Florida, was reelected as the CSF chairman.” Keith’s note: This seems to be a bit of a conflict of interest to me. I would think that you’d want someone in […]
State requests spaceport land near Oak Hill, Daytona Beach News Journal “In a response released last week, NASA said the property in question isn’t “excess,” that it’s still needed as a buffer zone between NASA missions and the community and as “a potential site for future mission requirements. However the agency indicated it would like to “further discuss” how it might make lands available for a commercial launch complex “independent […]
Kosmas to Discuss the Future of Florida’s Space Industry at the Lou Frey 2010 Fall Symposium “Today, Monday, September 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) will discuss the future of Florida’s space industry at the Lou Frey 2010 Fall Symposium at the University of Central Florida. Kosmas will participate in a panel discussion entitled “The Space Program: Florida and Beyond” with Frank DiBello, President and […]
Is Utah emerging as rival to KSC?, Orlando Sentinel “Frank DiBello, the president of Space Florida, the state’s aerospace development body, is not pleased. “We don’t want to sacrifice Florida seed corn for an increased R&D role to be politically expedient and save jobs for Utah and other states,” DiBello told a Brevard County jobs-development meeting Saturday. “The Senate bill kills outright the promise of a real R&D opportunity for […]
Kosmas Discusses Space Coast Economic Development with Local Officials, Rep. Kosmas “We must explore every possible option for creating new job opportunities along the Space Coast to preserve our community’s highly-skilled workforce,” said Suzanne Kosmas “I have made it a priority to ensure that those on the local level are able to create and implement the vision for our community’s future. We have a great opportunity to strengthen and diversify […]
