Tag: Space Florida

Space Florida’s Board of Directors on Wednesday approved the creation of a bonus plan for employees that could land the agency’s president an annual windfall reaching 50 percent of his base pay. But board members also were emphatic that the first performance-based bonus packages won’t be awarded until after the 2016-2017 fiscal year. “All we’re doing is agreeing that this is the structure, that this makes sense,” said board member…

Space Florida is trying to land a couple of private companies, including one that could service human flights, by promising to upgrade two launch pads at Cape Canaveral. Board members of Space Florida, the state’s aerospace arm, have agreed to put up a combined $6.4 million as part of two matches with the state Department of Transportation for improvements at Launch Pad 36 and Launch Pad 41. “I want to…