Miejmy nadzieję, że istnienie National Space Council powinno wpłynąć na powagę wypowiedzi Prezydenta.
Pamiętajmy też, że trudno wygrać wybory prezydenckie w USA bez zwycięstwa na Florydzie. Duża ilość stanowisk pracy jest tam związana z sektorem kosmicznym. Obecnie jest tam do zdobycia 29 głosów elektorskich (równą lub większą ilość głosów elektorskich mają jeszcze tylko 3 stany).
Ilość głosów elektorskich w poszczególnych stanach jest uzależniona od liczby ludności. W czasie trwania ery kosmicznej demograficznie stan się bardzo rozwinął.
W 1957 ilość ludności na Florydzie wynosiła 4,372 mln , a w 2016 20,61 mln.
Poniżej ilość głosów elektorskich na Florydzie od 1956 zdobytych przez zwycięzców. Tylko w 1960 i 1992 przyszli prezydenci tam nie wygrali.
1956 10 Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960 10 John F. Kennedy Nie
1964 14 Lyndon B. Johnson
1968 14 Richard M. Nixon
1972 17 Richard M. Nixon
1976 17 James E. Jimmy Carter
1980 17 Ronald W. Reagan
1984 21 Ronald W. Reagan
1988 21 George H.W. Bush
1992 25 William J. Bill Clinton Nie
1996 25 William J. Bill Clinton
2000 25 George Bush
2004 27 George Bush
2008 27 Barack Obama
2012 29 Barack Obama
2016 29 Donald Trump
https://www.floridamemory.com/onlineclassroom/nasa/lessonplans/4thgrade/moonport/An economic impact analysis study of NASA was conducted in Florida in 2008. The authors found
that the economic impact of NASA in the state was $4.1 B in output, 40,802 jobs and $2.1 B in
income. The majority of the economic impact activity was in Central Florida. The average wage of
an aerospace employee was found to be: $77,235 (in FY $2008). The Kennedy Space Center (KSC),
in conjunction with NASA, plays a dominant role in the state’s economy where it employs 14,865
workers with an average salary of $77,235. In 2008, the payroll for all KSC/NASA workers totaled
$1.124 billion, with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion in output and 40,802 jobs. In
addition, $246 million of federal taxes and $103 million of state and local taxes were paid. At the
KSC Visitor Center, $39 million in wages was generated from 1.6 million out-of-state visitors, in
addition to $5.8 million from travel and lodging expenses. It is important to note that almost the
entire economic activity resulting from the KSC/NASA workers was experienced locally, in the
seven county Central Florida region. If the KSC is closed, 23,000 total jobs (or 9,000 direct jobs),
and an estimated $1.96 billion in outside monetary injection to Florida’s economy will be lost at a
time when Florida is committed to maintaining its status as a primary hub for the space industry.6
Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI), a public-private partnership serving as Florida’s primary organization
devoted to statewide economic development, included a definition of Florida’s aviation &
aerospace industry by counting nearly 2,000 aviation and aerospace companies which employ
approximately 83,800 workers with a total payroll of more than $4.8 billion and an average wage of
approximately $57,0217
From their summary data chart and an interactive map, it indicates that the majority of spacerelated
businesses are located in the Cape Canaveral area, but their network of suppliers extends
throughout the state. The more than 400 aerospace companies in Florida employ more than 31,000
workers. In addition, the state is host to nearly a third of all commercial space activity worldwide.
Virtually every major aerospace company and defense contractor from the U.S. and abroad has
operations in Florida. The EFI obtains employment data for the specifics of the aerospace industry
in Florida, from the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI). A current “point in time”
analysis (based on 2009 data, and generated on January 28, 2011) by the AWI found that there are
456 aerospace companies, employing 31,295 employees, with a total payroll of $2.3 M as portrayed
in the following table. The annual average wage of an aerospace employee is $74,901.
. EFI also examined the quality of life issues that attract aerospace
companies to Florida including; the state's excellent education, infrastructure and business
development in Space and Aeronautics and its optimal geographic location and climate conditions.
http://www.cefa.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/imported/storage/original/application/be38e736f0d9bf30cedcad782cf9f6e7.pdf