DiBello: Obama’s Plan Will Help Florida Diversify its Space Industry

Space Florida President Frank DiBello

DiBello: Diversification key to space industry
Florida Today

Laying out opportunities for growth in the space industry, Space Florida President Frank DiBello said Tuesday that his agency’s goal is to triple the value of the state’s space industry through diversification by 2020.

“Space is a catalyst for an innovation future and a knowledge base to come,” DiBello told the National Space Club, which met Tuesday at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral. “We set a pretty audacious goal for ourselves.”

On Tuesday, DiBello pointed out that the Obama Administration’s $6 billion budget increase for Kennedy Space Center surely will translate into jobs.

“We have an opportunity in front of us with the President’s budget to make significant investments in new infrastructure and capabilities that can allow us to come out the other side,” DiBello said.

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