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 […]

Friday, September 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) will host a meeting of local community leaders to discuss efforts to ensure that small businesses and start-up companies have accesses to federal economic development funding for the Space Coast provided through the Presidential Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development. Kosmas will be joined by officials from Space Florida, the Economic Development Commission of […]

Kosmas Successful in Fight for Additional Shuttle Mission “Today, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24), during a meeting of the House Science & Technology Committee, successfully amended the House NASA Reauthorization Bill to add an additional Shuttle mission to the current manifest, minimizing the spaceflight gap by extending the life of the Shuttle program through at least June of 2011. Kosmas’ action will help ease the transition for the Space Coast and […]

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 […]

NASA Administrator’s Statement on First Falcon 9 Launch “Congratulations to Space X on today’s launch of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Space X’s accomplishment is an important milestone in the commercial transportation effort and puts the company a step closer to providing cargo services to the International Space Station. “Preparations are proceeding for the first NASA-sponsored test launch under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services project later this year. COTS is […]

NASA And Commerce Present Update On Space Industry Task Force “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will present an update about the Presidential Task Force on Space Industry Work Force and Economic Development at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 4. The event will be held in the ballroom of the Orlando Airport Hyatt Hotel, Intercontinental Ballroom, Section 5, 9300 Airport Blvd., Orlando, Fla. The event […]

How space exploration helps us on Earth “The international space station’s research capabilities are now available after years of construction and $100 billion of investment. It offers opportunities to conduct research in an environment unavailable on Earth and it must be sustained, but not just for the sake of science. One problem in the president’s proposal is that it does not address the risk to the station that will result […]

Pitching for NASA, Hutchison back in the game, Houston Chronicle “Legislation crafted by Hutchison in the Senate and Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, a Florida Democrat in the House, would require NASA to identify and make specific delivery arrangements for supplies and equipment needed by the orbiting space laboratory before steps are taken to end shuttle operations this year.” Keith’s note: According to comments made by Jeff Bingham, Senate Committee on Commerce, […]

Kosmas added to ‘Save Space’ rally “U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas has been added to the roster of speakers for Sunday’s “Save Space” community rally at the Cocoa Expo Sports Center. The rally is designed to emphasize that human space exploration should be the critical aspect of NASA policy.” Kosmas and Posey to Participate in Florida Today Space Forum “Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) will participate in the Florida Today Space Forum […]

Keith’s note: At a time when substantial job cuts loom for the Florida economy due to Shuttle retirement, and Recovery Act money is flowing steadily elsewhere in the U.S., one would think that NASA would be looking at ways to offset some of the post- Shuttle economic impact. Guess again. In July 2008, scientists at the University of Central Florida proposed the $50 million “Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and […]