An innovative agreement announced Oct. 31 between NASA and Space Florida, the aerospace economic development agency of the state of Florida, will create new jobs at the Kennedy Space Center. Under a 15-year use permit deal, Space Florida will occupy, use and modify KSC's Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) 3. Space Florida is leasing OPF-3 to the Boeing Company to manufacture and test the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) spacecraft, creating as many as 550 jobs.
