David Weaver
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1898
david.weaver@nasa.gov
Amber Philman
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
amber.n.philman@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 11-344
NASA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with
Space Coast community leaders, Kennedy Space Center employees and
news media representatives during a Tuesday visit to Florida. He
outlined recent steps the agency has taken toward missions to deep
space and Florida's critical role in future exploration.
"As our nation looks for ways to compete and win in the 21st century,
NASA continues to be an engine of job growth and economic
opportunity," Bolden said. "From California to Florida, the space
industry is strong and growing. The next generation of explorers will
not fly a space shuttle, but they may be able to walk on Mars. And
those journeys are starting at the Kennedy Space Center today."
Bolden met with several hundred Space Coast community leaders,
business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and
local government representatives to discuss their partnership with
NASA to keep America the world leader in space exploration. He
discussed jobs related to the agency's new Orion multipurpose crew
vehicle and other activities the agency is pursuing to develop new
capabilities, including the placement of the Commercial Crew program
office at Kennedy.
The administrator also talked with reporters while touring the
agency's new mobile launcher for the Space Launch System (SLS), the
heavy-lift rocket that will propel astronauts into deep space. He
outlined NASA's plans to use the launcher from Kennedy's Launch
Complex 39 to send astronauts in the Orion spacecraft to asteroids,
the moon and other destinations in the solar system. The new 6.75
million-ton mobile launcher is a tangible step on the agency's path
forward to launching deep space missions.
Bolden met with Kennedy's work force and thanked them for their
commitment to the American space program. He answered questions from
workers about NASA's future and Kennedy's important role in
implementing the bi-partisan vision for exploration agreed to by
President Obama and Congress one year ago.
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