Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2022
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'Zero G Zero Fee' bills would create tax exemptions for anything launched into space from Florida.
Tag: launches
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2022Scott PowersDecember 20, 2018
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The Space Frontier Act of 2018, which has Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson as a key backer, was approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate, with provisions again extending the intended life of the International Space Station and elevating the commercial space office in the federal bureacracy. Senate Bill 3277, which was introduced in July […]
Scott PowersMarch 14, 2018
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The market for private space launches is heading toward 800 to 1,000 launches a year of satellites and other space hardware; the Florida Spaceport at Cape Canaveral needs to be positioned to host as much of that business as possible, Space Florida President Frank DiBello told his board Wednesday. “We’re not going to be able […]
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2017
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If SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk is preparing to send civilian space-tourist astronauts around the moon by the end of 2018, how about having a place they can stop while they’re there? Take pictures? Buy souvenirs? Relax with some Tang? Another New Space billionaire entrepreneur is floating that proposition, or something like it, Wednesday. By […]