The shutdown of NASA's shuttle program combined with President Obama's plan to cancel Project Constellation is going to trigger as many as 23,000 job losses on Florida's Space Coast -- an outlook much bleaker than previous estimates, local government officials say.
NASA and its contracts now expect a direct loss of 9,000 jobs at Kennedy Space Center as a result of the proposed 2011 budget, which would ax Constellation, NASA's effort to develop Ares rockets and Orion spacecraft for missions to the moon.
Click HERE to see Rick Neale's story on the situation, briefed yesterday to county government officials and other local leaders.
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3 comments:
Dont blame me, I voted Republican...2012 is just around the corner, dont you morons get fooled again..
Same here. Unfortunately, 2012 will be too late for the Space Coast.
The IAM members were encoraged to vote for"Change"
they received what they voted for "change' do they miss
McCain yet, herd mentality will lose every time, sometimes you get what you request blame yourself there is plenty to go around.
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