Final mission bodes ill for Florida's Space Coast economy
- 12 years ago
Anticipation is high at Kennedy Space Centre ahead of the landing of Atlantis, an event which will bring to an end NASA's historic space shuttle programme.
An estimated 7,000 shuttle workers are losing their jobs -- and that is excluding the ripple effect the closure will have on the local economy of the Central Florida's community - known as the Space Coast.
Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, says the shuttle's retirement will have an economic toll.
An estimated 7,000 shuttle workers are losing their jobs -- and that is excluding the ripple effect the closure will have on the local economy of the Central Florida's community - known as the Space Coast.
Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, says the shuttle's retirement will have an economic toll.