U.S. House Unanimously Approves Posey Commercial Space Legislation “Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill introduced by Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) as an Amendment to H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act, that enables the Department of Defense (DoD) to work with Space Florida and commercial companies to improve space launch infrastructure to better meet national security and commercial space launch needs.” Two more military missions booked […]

Space Florida Announces Sub-Orbital Flight Incentive Program “The Space Florida Sub-Orbital Flight Incentive Program will provide a partial reimbursement for customers to fly research payloads from Florida, equal to one-third of the published list price of an approved flight provider, up to a maximum of $10,000. Space Florida will provide this incentive in order to increase the volume of commercial and academic research payloads that fly from Florida. All flight […]

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 several organizational changes being initiated to help Space Florida create capacity for improved client responsiveness, better face a dynamic marketplace and take advantage of increased business development opportunities in the aerospace industry.” Florida Space Industry to Visit Capitol on January […]

Space Forum results months away “A report due within 90 days should shed more light on the results from two days of invitation-only space policy meetings this week in Orlando that sought to improve cooperation among states. … Federal agencies represented included NASA, the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security. … NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Space Foundation CEO Elliott Pulham delivered keynote speeches, according […]

NASA Signs Agreement with Space Florida to Reuse Kennedy Facilities For Boeing CST-100 Development “The next era of space exploration won’t wait, and so we can’t wait for Congress to do its job and give our space program the funding it needs. That’s why my Administration will be pressing forward, in partnership with Space Florida and the private sector, to create jobs and make sure America continues to lead the […]

NASA should put KSC first, opinion, Florida Today “The push by some members of Congress who might secure jobs from new development in Virginia is just a pork project.” Keith’s note: Utterly hilarious. I guess this means that there is no “pork” involved in decisions affecting KSC. Pot – Kettle – Black, y’all. – Florida Vs Virginia Food Fight In Space Update, earlier post – Virginia’s Invisible Spaceport (Updated), earlier […]

A question of money, not competition, op ed by Frank DiBello, Richmond Times Dispatch “In a recent op/ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, much seems to have been made of alleged efforts by Space Florida and others to stifle the growth of Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia as a potential competitor spaceport. Nothing could be further from the truth, but this incident provides a great opportunity to again draw attention […]

Kennedy: Florida snipes at Virginia’s launch market competition, Richmond Times DIspatch “Virginia would never use an environmental study to seek to undermine the recently announced $38 billion American taxpayer-funded civil space rocket booster to launch from Florida’s coast. The Space Florida effort is an abuse of federal environmental law process. Worse still, by seeking to deprive Virginia of space business investment and jobs, Space Florida makes clear its desire to […]

Reusable Suborbital Market Characterization, Prepared by The Tauri Group for Space Florida March 2011, (PDF) Commercial Space WIki “Purpose: Define and characterize the markets reusable suborbital vehicles will address Goals: – Define market categories – Identify market drivers – Characterize current activities – Provide basis for future market forecasting (Note that this study is not a forecast) Benefits: – Shared understanding improves quality and productivity of industry discourse – A […]

Space Florida “Call for Infrastructure Projects” – May 25 deadline “Each year, Space Florida submits a list of project priorities to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for consideration in preparing a five-year work program in partnership with local Transportation Planning Organizations (TPOs). This five year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) serves as the basis for receiving Federal and State transportation funds for aerospace-related projects.”