NASA Welcomes Rocket Crafters Inc. to Florida

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July 10, 2012

Amber Philman
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
amber.n.philman@nasa.gov

RELEASE: 36-12

NASA WELCOMES ROCKET CRAFTERS INC. TO FLORIDA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center welcomes Rocket 
Crafters Inc. (RCI) to Florida's Space Coast. The company announced 
Tuesday a plan to bring new work to Brevard County that could create 
job opportunities for highly skilled former space shuttle employees.

RCI is a Utah-based company that holds licenses for advanced hybrid 
rocket and aerospace composite technologies, as well as proprietary 
hybrid rocket design and analysis software.

This is further evidence that the Space Coast is open for business and 
positioning itself for the next era of space exploration. Recently, 
NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems revealed the first Orion 
capsule that will fly to space. NASA announced agreements with The 
Boeing Company and Craig Technologies to use Kennedy facilities and 
equipment, and SpaceX launched a successful resupply mission to the 
International Space Station.

"Kennedy Space Center has worked hard to transition to a 21st Century 
launch facility," said Kennedy's Center Planning and Development 
Manager Joyce Riquelme. "Multiple users, both private and government 
are doing business here. We look forward to discussing with Rocket 
Crafters and other space companies how Kennedy's unique assets and 
technical capabilities may be made available to enable their 
success."

A year after the retirement of NASA's space shuttles, the workforce at 
Kennedy is remaking America's gateway to space. Over the past three 
years, President Obama has fought to invest almost $1.4 billion in 
NASA's 21st Century Space Launch Complex and Exploration Ground 
Systems.

A dynamic infrastructure is taking shape, one designed to host many 
kinds of spacecraft and rockets sending people on America's next 
adventures. Negotiations are taking place with other commercial users 
for Orbiter Processing Facility Bays 1 and 2, as well as with 
potential commercial users of the Launch Complex 39 launch pads. 
These and other partnerships will cement Kennedy as a true multiuser 
spaceport as envisioned by our nation's leadership.

For more information about Kennedy, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy  

	
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