and feel comi people coming to y space center. our fear is once that goes away the people won t come back. we have the beach. that s the part of cocoa beach. oh, yeah. we re always going to have that. but, you know, a big part, a good part of our local tourism is the kennedy space center visitor center and, you know, the people who come to see the launches and that we could easily lose a good chunk there. grounding the space shuttle fleet, it is going to be a rough landing for thousands of employees. but some are hitting the ground running. all plant form journalist said one shuttle engineer may give up space for the spin cycle. all right. let s see. my name is juan vazquez, i m an engineer at the kennedy space center. i own two, i own this one here and another attended laundromat. i did this as a possible
beach, skip be lor, concerned about his city and surrounding communities. not only can the city lose jobs it stands to lose a good deal of visitor revenue. well, tourism, because we get a phenomenal number of people here for shuttle launches and landings and people coming to the kennedy space center, our fear is once that goes away, those people just aren t going to be coming back. and we have the beach. that s the part of cocoa beach. we were always going to have that, but, you know, a big part, a good part, of our local tourism is the kennedy the kennedy space center visitors center and, you know, the people who come to see the launches and that we could easily lose a good chunk there. want to read the reasons we talk about it a lot on this show, but one of the reasons we re talking about it at length is tomorrow the president goes to kennedy space center to outline his plans for the kennedy space center. we ll be bringing more on that in the next 24 hours. deep inside o
we have the beach and that s the part of cocoa beach. we will always have that, but a big part, a good part of our local tourism is the kennedy space center visitor s center and you know, the people who come to see the launches and that we can easily lose a good chunk there. if it all goes away, you ve still got a museum that holds any kind of appeal for you? yeah, but let s face t the museums don t give you a striking feeling like watching your space shuttle or seeing the country number one space vehicle fly into space. it s one of the most patriotic things you can ever see. that is tremendous. maybe we ll have you back after the president s announcement to get your thoughts and views on what might be coming your way and whether or not it is feasible at all and maybe save
atlantis will go on display in the kennedy space center visitor s center. we get over 4 million tourists here a year. people don t realize it but florida is famous for disney world and the other attractions but the visitors center here at the kennedy space center in florida is the fourth largest toured by tourists. people don t realize that but it really is. it has a lot of people here, has all the history of the apollo space craft out there. my old dear friend allen shepherd s apollo 14 is there. there is a lot to see. no one can compete when it comes to air and space with the smithsonian. they are fantastic. it was the smithsonian that i did i was talking about the book a while ago.