Moderator’s introduction
Today’s moderator: Rick Badie
Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he’s covered the region’s immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC’s Gwinnett edition.
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Welcome to the great space race. Georgia, Florida and Texas each hope to land SpaceX, a rocketship company that delivers cargo to the International Space Station. That company would be the first tenant of a proposed “spaceport” in coastal Georgia. For now, though, SpaceX founder Elon Musk calls Texas his top choice. Today, an advocate for space industry development in Georgia says we should be more competitive, while a Texan considers his state an ideal fit for the industry.
Today's columnists:
- Expand space industry market by Bob Scaringe
- Texas open for space business by Wayne Rast
