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Who We Are

Space Florida is the State of Florida’s aerospace economic development agency, empowered to leverage our state’s workforce, infrastructure and financial assets to grow the space industry three-fold by 2020. We will do this through strategic partnerships, targeted infrastructure development, workforce training and placement, initiating attractive financial incentives for new and expanding businesses, and by providing innovative STEM tools to inspire students.

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(ORLANDO SENTINEL) "SPACE AGENDA GETTING BETTER TALLY TREATMENT THIS YEAR"
(March 18) By Robert Block, Space Editor - Space Florida’s agenda is getting good treatment at the hands of state lawmakers and that signs are the aerospace development agency could get most of the $32.6 million Gov. Charlie Crist requested to help the state’s languishing space business. With NASA expected to shutdown...
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(FLORIDA TODAY) "OUR VIEW: RETRAINING TROUBLES"
(March 19) State, Congress must increase funds to prep shuttle workers for new jobs. First comes the earthquake, then comes the tsunami. That’s what Brevard County is facing as the temblor that is the shuttle program’s end triggers a massive wave of layoffs at Kennedy Space Center that could total 9,000 jobs. The...
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CRISAFULLI BILL GIVING SPACE FLORIDA FLEXIBILITY WITH SLC-36 FUNDS PASSES IN THE HOUSE
Crisafulli (March 18, 2010) TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida House of Representatives today unanimously passed House Bill 969 by Representative Steve Crisafulli (R – Merritt Island), giving Space Florida flexibility in spending funds already appropriated to the agency for Launch Complex 36 at the 45th Space Wing in Cape Canaveral. “Giving Space Florida...
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SPACE X WINS CONTRACT TO LAUNCH COMMERCIAL SATELLITE
(From DailyBreeze.com) March 16, 2010 - Space Exploration Technologies, the Hawthorne-based developer of low-cost rockets, said it won a contract to launch a commercial satellite on its new Falcon 9 rocket, even as the experimental craft undergoes tests for its maiden launch. Space Systems/Loral, which commands 40 percent of the the high-power...
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LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE: WEEK 2
Overview of Week 2: This second week of session  focused around the FY 2011 state budget as an immediate priority  Both the Senate and House  Transportation and Economic Development committees presented the first drafts of their budget proposals.  Space Florida will continue to educate the legislature on how critically important it is...
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Latest Blog Entries

Next Generation Suborbital Research Conference 2010
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the Next Generation Suborbital
Research (NGSR) Conference in Boulder, Colo. At this event, researchers
from various disciplines, institu ... by Allison Odyssey
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MPOs Support Space Florida Infrastructure Recommendations
Recently, I had the opportunity to present to the Florida Metropolitan
Planning Organization Advisory Council (MPOAC), a powerful group that
represents every MPO in the state. The ... by Mark Bontrager
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