"Rusty" wrote in message
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http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divi...006-09-20.3437

Sep. 20, 2006
Perry: 1,000 New High-Paying Jobs Coming to Houston Area

TEF Grant Ensures Lockheed Martin Will Create New Jobs in Houston

HOUSTON - Gov. Rick Perry today announced a $7.5 million Texas
Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant to Lockheed Martin, which will bring about
1,000 new high-paying jobs to the Houston area. The TEF grant ensures
that Lockheed Martin will create these jobs in the Houston area after
they earned a multi-billon dollar contract from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration to build the Orion Crew
Exploration Vehicle, which will become the foundation of America's
next generation human spaceflight program.

I'm sure that other states, like Florida, will fight equally hard to make
sure the Apollo/Saturn then Shuttle relay race continues with CEV/Ares.
NASA's manned space program is all about the jobs, not about making space
more affordable or more accessible.

Jeff
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety"
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