Keith’s note: An election-oriented, invitation-only roundtable discussion is being held today in Melbourne, FL. Sponsored by the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast, the event features former OSTP Chief […]
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Posted inPersonnel News
Putting the Florida Shuttle Team Back to Work
Florida’s Space Coast seeks to reinvent itself, CNN “Today, most of Florida’s former shuttle workers have found work, according to a recent survey conducted by Brevard Workforce, which receives state […]
Posted inShuttle News
Jobs Are Still Hard to Find For Shuttle Vets
Former NASA Workers Struggle To Find Work A Year After Program’s End, AP “A year after NASA ended the three-decade-long U.S. space shuttle program, thousands of formerly well-paid engineers and […]
Posted inCommercialization
One Convert At A Time
Obama’s tough decisions will lead nation forward in space, opinion, Mark Kelly, Orlando Sentinel “The decision to commercialize certain parts of our space program was not easy. I was not […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Responds to 60 Minutes Space Coast Profile
Strengthening America’s Leadership in Space Exploration “Charles Bolden: On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a story that captured some of what the space shuttle era meant to Florida’s Space Coast. Unfortunately, […]
Posted inElection 2012
Santorum and Romney on Space in Florida
Santorum: Moon base idea is ‘crass politics’, Politico “the idea that anybody’s going out and talking about grand, new, very expensive schemes to spend more money at a time when […]
Posted inElection 2012
Is Gingrich's Pro-Obama Space Policy Stance About to Flip Flop?
Gingrich plans major speeches, including one on space, CNN “Riding the momentum of his South Carolina win on Saturday, Newt Gingrich said Sunday he planned a week of big speeches […]
Posted inCommercialization
Florida Space Commerce Update
Space Florida Hires Jim Kuzma, Realigns Organization “Today, Space Florida announces the hiring of Jim Kuzma as Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer (COO). Kuzma’s hiring is one of […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Florida: No Space Pork Here (Update)
NASA cost, denial key to saving space program, Florida Today “Perhaps the single biggest threat to the nation’s space program in the next decade is the repeated, rampant multi-billion dollar […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Large NASA Programs: Located In Florida = "Jobs", Out of State = "Boondoggle, Pork"
NASA budget erratic, Florida Today “The good news for Kennedy Space Center and Brevard is in the form of a major investment in a new super rocket and Orion crew […]