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NASA is looking for new uses for its historical launch structures

Orlando, USA - The agency wants to transform the Kennedy Space Center into a spaceport for both government and commercial clients

American space agency NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking concepts for the potential use or divestment of three historic launch platforms that are not needed for the agency's current or planned future missions. A Request for Information (RFI) was released in order to gauge the interest of commercial or government entities for using the three nearly identical mobile launcher platforms...

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Rome, Italy, 08/21/2013 11:13
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