Articles in Category: 'Space Shuttle'

By: Jeff Kottkamp | Posted: July 20, 2011 7:39 AM
 

The end is near. The last space shuttle mission soon will be completed. Unfortunately, because of a lack of vision and leadership in Washington, we may be seeing the beginning of the end for our national space program as well.

 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: February 15, 2011 3:55 PM
 

Though flat, the Obama administration's $18.7 billion NASA budget is "good news for Florida and the nation," says Space Florida chief Frank DiBello.
 
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By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: January 22, 2011 3:55 AM
 

Florida’s unemployment rate remained at 12 percent in December, leaving the Sunshine State with the same unemployment rate it started with at the beginning of 2010, and 2.6 percent above the national jobless rate of 9.4 percent.

 
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By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: October 12, 2010 4:05 AM

There's a growing realization on the Space Coast that the future of the area's economy and the future of space exploration are going to rely heavily on commercial space companies.

 
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By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: October 1, 2010 4:05 AM

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that will add one more space shuttle launch and fund the development of commercial and heavy-lift rockets, but it won’t save the jobs of more than 1,000 shuttle workers scheduled to be laid off Friday.

 
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By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: September 28, 2010 4:05 AM

More than 1,000 space-related workers are scheduled to be let go Friday in the first round of layoffs related to the imminent demise of the space shuttle program.

 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: August 28, 2010 4:05 AM
 

A new space race is under way -- to house NASA's retiring space shuttles.

 
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By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: August 18, 2010 4:05 AM
 

If the 2010 midterm elections are all about jobs, jobs, jobs, then the race for Florida's 15th Congressional District is about space, space, space.

 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: July 16, 2010 4:05 AM

A space appropriation bill promoted by Sen. Bill Nelson may have Floridians thinking President Barack Obama's plan wasn't so bad after all.

 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 29, 2010 4:05 AM
 

If Florida hopes to hold onto space jobs, it will need to reach beyond U.S. borders, a new Obama administration policy suggests.

 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 23, 2010 4:05 AM
 

A taxpayer watchdog group with a history of opposing space projects blasted an Alabama senator for trying to keep the Constellation program alive.

 
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