New Space Florida CEO has far-reaching goal
The new leadership at Space Florida hopes the “Space Coast” branding owned by Brevard County will spread throughout the state — and that all of Florida will soon be recognized as the world’s primary spaceport.
The reason? To increase Florida's aerospace industry capacity given the steep rise in launches, the wild proliferation of telecommunications hardware deployed in space and a sharp increase in commercial interests relying on access to space.
“We have spaceport territory already designated across the state,” said CEO Rob Long of Space Florida in an exclusive interview with Orlando Business Journal. “We're hoping to designate an additional amount of spaceport territory that gives us some flexibility.”
