Nasa To Help Space Center Workers
NASA and the Brevard Workforce Development Board will sign an agreement today to help Kennedy Space Center workers find new jobs after the space shuttle program ends in 2010
(PressMethod) - Per an article in Florida Today dated may 27-2008 by Scott Blake- The goal of the Space Act Agreement will be to prepare both federal and contract shuttle employees to work on NASA's next-generation space vehicles or find new employment outside the space program.
"We're interested in what kind of skills they'll need to upgrade and be competitive," said Brevard Workforce Development Board President Lisa Rice.
Rice will join KSC Director Bill Parsons and others at NASA headquarters at KSC for a 1 p.m. ceremony today to mark the signing of the agreement.
The number of people working on the shuttles and new rockets and spaceships at KSC could fall from about 8,000 today to as few as 1,600 by 2011, the year after the last shuttle mission, according to a recent NASA preliminary job forecast.
Melbourne Beach Fl, May 28th 2008-Per Steve Neville, Local Broker/Owner of Aamerican Property Management Company- This is certainly good news, as it addresses the longer term employment opportunities in our area.
When asked if this could have any impact on local Real Estate, Steve answered-of course. If people know that they have job security, then that allows them to make long term plans in the area as far as their children-schools and of course housing-be it a rental or a purchase.
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Sorry to see the shuttle program going away, but also excited to see what the future holds for NASA and all the new exploration of the solar system that is under discussion presently!
Jul 08, 2008 12:32 AM
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland
Goodness. Sounds like another nail in the coffin that was the Florida real estate market.
However, I suspect that these engineers will have an easier time finding new employment than the steel workers in Ohio or auto workers in Detroit.
Jul 08, 2008 12:34 AM
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