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Florida ‘Years’ Away From Acquiring Shiloh Spaceport Property

Pat Host

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

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Florida ‘Years’ Away From Acquiring Shiloh Spaceport Property

A recent Atlas V launch for the MUOS-3 program from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: ULA.

The state of Florida is “years away” from acquiring a NASA-owned property located at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., (KSC) that would serve as its “holy grail” for attracting commercial space endeavors to the state.Space Florida Chief of Strategic Alliances Dale Ketcham told Defense Daily Tuesday the property, known as Shiloh, would serve as a commercial spaceport, taking advantage of Space Coast launch infrastructure in Florida without the red tape involved with flying at sensitive national security facilities like Cape Canaveral…

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