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NASA has a \u201cclear path\u201d to the future and times will be good again one day at Kennedy Space Center \u2014 even though the 30-year space shuttle program ends in July and the agency has not yet revealed the next big thing in manned space flight.<\/p>\n

That was the unanimous opinion of a panel that included U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, KSC Director Robert Cabana and others who gathered this morning to discuss what lies \u201cbeyond the shuttle.\u201d They spoke in the first of a series of public forums on Florida\u2019s future sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel<\/em> and the University of Central Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a perception that we do not have a clear path,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cThe fact is\u2026 there is a clear path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The path he described, laid out in the NASA authorization bill he cosponsored last fall, involves:<\/p>\n

\u2022Expectations that the fledgling commercial space flight program will blossom, largely at KSC, leading to cargo hauls to the International Space Station as early as late this year, and privately-launched manned space flights as early as 2014;<\/p>\n

\u2022The evolution of KSC as more of a multi-use space port, supporting NASA and private launches of various kinds;<\/p>\n

\u2022The development of a still-unannounced, still-unfunded heavy-lift rocket program to take astronauts to still-undetermined places beyond Earth\u2019s orbit. NASA is expected to announce a decision on a rocket design next week;<\/p>\n

\u2022And increasing space and aeronautics research and development activity and space vehicle construction at Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n

Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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