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Space Commission nominee John Shannon outlines Texas’s aerospace footprint, grant criteria
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John Shannon, nominee to the Texas Space Commission, told the Senate committee Texas leads in aerospace activity and described the commission’s grant-scoring criteria emphasizing technical feasibility, job creation and funding leverage; he noted the commission received hundreds of applications and must steward limited public funds.
John Shannon, nominated to the Texas Space Commission, told the Senate Committee on Nominations that Texas has become a national leader in aerospace and space activity and that the commission’s role is to accelerate private-sector and institutional innovation.
Shannon described growth in the sector, citing work by companies that built recent lunar landers…
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