Does
anyone need a 15,000-foot landing strip? How about a place to assemble
rocket ships? Or a parachute-packing plant? An array of aerospace
tracking antennas? A launchpad?
Make us an offer, says NASA, which is quietly holding a going-out-of-business sale for the facilities used by its space-shuttle program.
If you thought the budget cuts in Washington would be avoided, you have yet to speak with NASA. The space agency needs every penny it can find and it has no time (or money) for nostalgia, such as holding onto the roots of the U.S. space program at the Kennedy Space Center
According to Frank DiBello, president of Space Florida, the marketplace will determine the fate of the Space Center:
"The facilities are not the end game; the market is," DiBello said. "If the infrastructure helps you reach market, then it has value. If it doesn't, then it's just a building, it's just a launchpad, and nobody wants it."
Not the most inspiring thought as we plan for more missions to the moon and Mars.
Make us an offer, says NASA, which is quietly holding a going-out-of-business sale for the facilities used by its space-shuttle program.
If you thought the budget cuts in Washington would be avoided, you have yet to speak with NASA. The space agency needs every penny it can find and it has no time (or money) for nostalgia, such as holding onto the roots of the U.S. space program at the Kennedy Space Center
According to Frank DiBello, president of Space Florida, the marketplace will determine the fate of the Space Center:
"The facilities are not the end game; the market is," DiBello said. "If the infrastructure helps you reach market, then it has value. If it doesn't, then it's just a building, it's just a launchpad, and nobody wants it."
Not the most inspiring thought as we plan for more missions to the moon and Mars.
