Space Florida
aerospace economic development agency of the state of Florida
Space Florida is the aerospace finance, development, and spaceport authority for the State of Florida. Founded in 2006, with the vision for Florida to be the global and interplanetary hub for sustainable aerospace commerce. Space Florida works with aerospace companies, governmental agencies, financial and academic institutions to increase investment activity in Florida's aerospace ecosystem, maximize capacity and capability of Florida's spaceport system, and accelerate innovation.
History
The agency was created by consolidating three existing state space entities into a single new organization via the Space Florida Act, enacted in May 2006 by the Florida Legislature. The predecessor entities were the Florida Space Authority, the Florida Space Research Institute and the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation. In 2008, Aviation Week magazine reported that the U.S. Air Force committed to lease Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida for future use by the Athena III launch system,
but that program had not moved forward as late as 2013.
In 2010, Space Florida became a "Preferred Partner" of the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GXLP), and, as such, had offered an additional US$2 million bonus to teams that might have launched their Google Lunar X PRIZE-winning missions from the state of Florida.
In the event, the GXLP expired in 2018 before any team had even launched a rover mission to attempt to claim the prize.
Florida Space Authority
The Florida Space Authority (FSA) was created as a Florida state government space agency by Florida's Governor and legislature in 1989. The Authority's mission (as authorized in Chapter 331, Part Two, Florida Statutes) was to retain, expand and diversify the state's space-related industry.
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