The Florida Space Coast is bouncing back with help from SpaceX, Boeing and Blue Origin

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As the rockets return, Florida’s Space Coast is ready for the economy to take off, too. With private companies racing into space, the once-sacrosanct stretch of Florida coast is experiencing a new and surprising revival.

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, had made a last-minute bid to lay claim to 39A, touching off a feud with Musk’s SpaceX. But without a rocket capable of flying from the site, Blue Origin was rebuffed.

Boeing has taken over an old space shuttle processing facility where it is building a spacecraft designed to fly NASA astronauts to space from another nearby launchpad. Next door, at launchpad 20, another start-up, Firefly, intends to launch the rockets it plans to build at a nearby facility. The coast was known first and foremost “as a launch site,” said Weatherman, the head of the local economic development commission. “But we knew we could do more than that.”all the development going on across the town: an 18,000-square-foot day-care enter, a 170-unit subdivision, a new Hyatt and a new Marriott.

In the end, the double blow of the loss of the shuttle program and the recession was devastating, leaving streets filled with empty buildings. But it was not as bad as it could have been. “We were preparing for a Category 5 hurricane,” said Robin Fisher, a former county commissioner. “We got a Category 3.”

By the time the shuttle program was ending, a new commercial space industry was starting to take form. It was unclear what its future was or how successful it would be. But there was an enthusiasm surrounding it, and local officials embraced it.Still, space is a risky business. While many new entrants are trying to make their mark on the Cape, not all of them will survive. And for all of the success stories here, there have been missteps.

The sun rises over Cape Canaveral and the Indian River at the Rotary Riverfront Park along Highway 1 in Titusville. There is a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for the commercial space industry in the area.They had packed the beaches once again. This time for the launch of the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in the world currently in operation.

 

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Well Florida always flourish it’s nothing to be with trumpet he can’t take credit for !! Florida are the magic city from the beginning always more strong 💪 than before no matter what happens

LMAO, right. How far does Cape Canaveral sit above sea level? Slight problem there of climate change induced sea level rise. Just sayin'...

I think you mean SPACE PIRATES!!! Arrrrrr.... 🙄

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