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Commercial Spaceport Is Being Threatened By History

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Florida’s Aerospace Economic Development Agency is making plans to build a new commercial spaceport not far from the Kennedy Space Center – home of NASA’s now retired shuttle program. There’s just one problem: the land is already occupied.  To learn more, producer Taylor Quimby caught up with Tampa Bay Times reporter Craig Pittmanwho wrote about Space Florida’s proposal to build on top of an  18th century sugar factory and archaeological site called the Elliott Plantation.

As Director of Podcasts, Taylor Quimby oversees and executes NHPR’s podcast strategy and serves as Executive Producer for its two weekly shows, Civics 101 and Outside/In. Prior to leading the Outside/In team, Taylor worked as a producer for Word of Mouth, hosted the Patient Zero podcast, and served as Senior Producer for the first season of NHPR’s hit true crime show, Bear Brook.
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