# Presentation: 493082

## Space Florida

***COMSTAC******Launch Operations******and Support******Working Group***
***October 24, 2006***
***Patrick McCarthy******Manager, Spaceport Operations***

## Overview

- Perspective change
- Space Florida begins operations
- Space Florida organization
- Launch Activity
- ORION Incentives
- Commercial Support
- Infrastructure
- The Way Ahead

## Perspective Change

- Governor Bush:
- “target our resources for high wage jobs in targeted areas and space is one of them”
- Steve Kohler, President:
- Seek alternative sources of income beyond appropriations
- Less dependent on state subsidy
- Emphasis on facilitating commercial launch activity
- Increased Board of Directors involvement – Committee interaction

## Operations begin

- Governor’s Commission Recommendation
- “Consolidate Florida’s existing space entities into a new organization”
- Space Florida Act implements Commission Recommendations
- New Board of Directors named August 2006
- Space Florida activated 01 Sep 06
- New President aboard earlier this month

## New Organization

- Space Florida Act – HB 1489
- Be Florida’s single space POC with three foci:
- Business Development / Finance
- Education / R&D / Workforce Development
- Spaceport Operations
- Work with federal & state agencies (i.e.,):
- NASA / FAA / USAF
- Florida Department of Education
- Florida Department of Transportation
- Workforce Florida
- Enterprise Florida

## Space FloridaLaunch Activity

- Space Florida vehicles accounted for 22.2 percent of all Eastern Range launches YTD (2 of 9)
- Space Florida vehicles accounted for 0.02 percent of all Eastern Range lift-off thrust YTD

## ORION Incentives

- Aim: Get contractor to locate Final Assembly in Florida at KSC
- Seek to do non-traditional work in Florida at the launch site
- Extensive discussions with both Contractors (Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman/Boeing) during proposal stage
- Established partnership with NASA KSC:
- Identify facilities available
- Provide cost information
- Worked with Governor’s Office to develop an incentive package attractive to both contractor teams
- Data and products provided to both contractor teams
- Available facilities, capabilities, advantages for locating near the Launch Site
- Included modeling, engineering studies, and State Incentives.
- Governor Bush interacted with both Contractor Senior Manager Teams with direct offers of a $47M Incentive Package if the ORION Final Assembly would be located in Florida.

**Notes:**
Florida Incentive Process utilized for the ORION (CEV) Decision by LM to Locate Final Assembly in Florida at KSC.
---A partnership was established with NASA KSC to identify excess facility capacity, facilities available and cost information which could be used for non traditional work in Florida at the Launch Site.
----Contractor Teams (Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman/Boeing) were identified during the Proposal Stage of the ORION Project and extensive discussions were initiated with both Contractors.
---A close relationship was established with the Governors Office to develop an incentive package which would be attractive to both contractor teams to Florida to perform manufacturing type tasks.
---Data and products were provided to both contractor teams on available facilities,  capabilities, advantages for locating near the Launch Site including modeling, engineering studies, and State Incentives.  
---Governor Bush interacted with both Contractor Senior Manager Teams with direct offers of a $47M Incentive Package if the ORION Final Assembly would be located in Florida. 

## Governor’s Commission Recommendation
“Advocate for enhanced Federal procedures and customer service for commercial launches.”
Let Contract for Customer Service Process - Flight Safety Approval Process assistance
Mentoring & Consulting w/ commercial customers
Universal Documentation System 
Flight Safety System design 
Advocate for Federal policy initiatives

- “Advocate for enhanced Federal procedures and customer service for commercial launches.”
- Let Contract for Customer Service Process - Flight Safety Approval Process assistance
- Mentoring & Consulting w/ commercial customers
- Universal Documentation System
- Flight Safety System design
- Advocate for Federal policy initiatives

- Commercial Support

## Infrastructure

- Reusable Launch Vehicle Hangarat KSC SLF
- Solid Rocket Motor Storage Facility – Camp Blanding

**Notes:**
RLV Hangar options:
Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) support
Commercial use
Working with NASA-KSC SLF initiative
Steve Fossett’s Global Flyer staged here prior to his record-setting around-the-world flight

SRMU Long-Term Storage Facility- negotiating with new tenant

## Find ways to maintain Florida’s skilled workers when STS program retires in 2010 
Find more ways to leverage ORION:
Supply-chain & support contractors
Assess projects, commitments and property holdings of the agencies that are being folded into Space Florida. 
Enable new investment in space 
Not necessarily being the owner and operator of lots of buildings and facilities

- Find more ways to leverage ORION:
- Supply-chain & support contractors
- Assess projects, commitments and property holdings of the agencies that are being folded into Space Florida.
- Enable new investment in space
- Not necessarily being the owner and operator of lots of buildings and facilities

- The Way Ahead

## Contact info

Patrick McCarthyManager, Spaceport OperationsSpace Florida Mail Stop: SPFLBuilding M6-306, Room 9030Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899pat.mccarthy@spaceflorida.govwww.spaceflorida.gov321.730.5301 x 232

***Patrick McCarthy******Manager, Spaceport Operations******Space Florida ******Mail Stop: SPFL******Building M6-306, Room 9030******Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899***_[pat.mccarthy@spaceflorida.gov](mailto:pat.mccarthy@spaceflorida.gov)__www.spaceflorida.gov__321.730.5301 x 232_