| Description |
1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed on August 31, 2010). |
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"August 15, 2010." |
| Summary |
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. The Obama Administration has embraced this mission, launching an ambitious space initiative that invests an additional $6 billion over five years in American ingenuity to propel us further on the journey of innovation and discovery. This initiative opens up opportunities for pioneers of industry and innovators pursuing transformative technology, and will create thousands of jobs in a new era of human spaceflight and exploration, both in the area of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, and nationwide. While these new opportunities will energize the space industry, decisions made over the past decade will still impact NASA and the Space Shuttle program in particular. Even with the Space Shuttle program's significant contributions to our nation's civil, national security, and commercial space endeavors, the last Administration decided to wind down the Shuttle program by 2010, after completion of the International Space Station (ISS) assembly and in preparation for follow-on exploration programs. Recent space policy determinations, while maintaining this general course of action, will delay and mitigate resulting job losses by extending Space Shuttle operations into 2011. Nonetheless, the termination of the Space Shuttle program will carry consequences for the workforce and economy of Florida's Space Coast and other communities across the country. It is with these consequences in mind that the Presidential Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development (Task Force), in coordination with state and local government officials, economic development agencies, communities, and affected corporations and employees, has worked to assess the situation and develop a comprehensive and robust set of recommendations to ease workforce transitions and create jobs and enduring economic opportunity for the Space Coast. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Aerospace industries -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Aerospace industries -- Government policy -- United States.
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Displaced workers -- Florida.
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| Added Title |
Report to the President |
| Gpo Item No. |
0851-J-12 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
PR 44.8:SP 1/EC 7 |
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