Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Promotes Entrepreneurial Space Development

Rick Scott, Republican candidate for Florida governor

Scott talks space issues: GOP hopeful says nourishing private sector is key to future
Florida Today

On a six-day bus tour of Florida, Republican candidate for governor Rick Scott stopped at Brevard Community College to discuss the space industry’s needs with local officials.

“Clearly the (industrial) talent here is unbelievable,” said the multimillionaire businessman from Naples and first-time office seeker. “We need a team to coordinate their talent with more entrepreneurial spirit.

“I want to help grow and recruit companies to come in here and figure out how to collaborate with companies that need technology from this area.”

…At BCC, Scott said the Space Coast’s future lies in entrepreneurial activity as the shuttle program comes to an end, forcing the layoff of thousands of space industry workers.

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