A new facility to support the fledgling commercial spaceflight industry could be coming to the Space Coast under a plan announced Monday by a team of White House advisors asked to find ways to help the Florida economy recover from the 2011 retirement of the space shuttle.
The proposed Federal Aviation Administration office could provide employment to some of the 9,000 Kennedy Space Center workers expected to lose their jobs when the shuttle era ends — although no job estimates were given.
According to administration officials, the new facility would get $5 million of the $40 million that President Barack Obama pledged to the state when he visited Kennedy Space Center in April, with the other $35 million going to a grant program. The administration has said it wants to significantly increase commercial rocket flights out of KSC and the nearby Cape Canaveral rocket range.
"Over the past few months, we have worked diligently … to develop a comprehensive plan that will create high-skill, high-wage jobs and a strong economic base in the Space Coast," said U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in a statement.
The proposed Federal Aviation Administration office could provide employment to some of the 9,000 Kennedy Space Center workers expected to lose their jobs when the shuttle era ends — although no job estimates were given.
According to administration officials, the new facility would get $5 million of the $40 million that President Barack Obama pledged to the state when he visited Kennedy Space Center in April, with the other $35 million going to a grant program. The administration has said it wants to significantly increase commercial rocket flights out of KSC and the nearby Cape Canaveral rocket range.
"Over the past few months, we have worked diligently … to develop a comprehensive plan that will create high-skill, high-wage jobs and a strong economic base in the Space Coast," said U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in a statement.
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