Comments on: Shuttle, spending, and state cuts http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/12/16/shuttle-spending-and-state-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shuttle-spending-and-state-cuts Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Ellegood http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/12/16/shuttle-spending-and-state-cuts/#comment-153400 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:59:22 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1855#comment-153400 The $14.5M for LC-36 was originally an inducement for Orbital Sciences to base their Taurus-2 operations at the Cape. They instead selected Wallops Island.

Space Florida is in discussions with other potential users, including PlanetSpace. But if PlanetSpace loses its bid for a NASA contract, that might leave Florida without a well-financed customer. Given Florida’s limited success with build-it-and-they-will-come spaceport infrastructure, the $14.5M might be an attractive take-back target for the state legislature.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/12/16/shuttle-spending-and-state-cuts/#comment-153252 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:32:36 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1855#comment-153252 Does that mean that retiring the Shuttle is going to be their top priority, or that dealing with the issue is going to be their top priority? I can’t imagine they’d be thrilled if it were the former.

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