Age, Upgrades May Limit Private Sector Use of KSC Facilities

Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

Florida Today looks at some of the opportunities and challenges NASA faces in its effort to lease out empty facilities at the Kennedy Space Center:

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> As capable as many shuttle facilities are, their age and high maintenance costs might make them a hard sell, and renovations could prove prohibitively expensive. > > “One of the first questions any company would ask is not only how much it costs to lease, but how much it costs to operate and maintain, and that’s where you may see some companies lose interest in some facilities,” said Edward Ellegood, a space policy analyst at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Some, however, are uniquely capable, and duplicating them offsite would be more expensive.” > > (…) Read the rest of Age, Upgrades May Limit Private Sector Use of KSC Facilities (111 words) > > * * * > > (C) Douglas for Parabolic Arc, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post > > Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

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