Complex sentence: The Space Shuttle program was slated to begin launches in the late 1980s, and the city experienced a boom in restaurant and hotel construction in anticipation of tourists coming to see shuttle launches.
Split into simpler sentences: The Space Shuttle program was slated to begin launches in the late 1980s. The city experienced a boom in restaurant and hotel construction in the mid- 1980s, due to the anticipated influx of tourists coming to see shuttle launches.