Article: Space Launch Firms Eye Homestead, Fla., Air Force Base.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 24--While South Miami-Dade awaits answers from the federal government about the Homestead Air Force Base's redevelopment potential, Richard "Dick" Bauer has been scouring the skies for other alternatives.

What the Vision Council president found -- a fledgling private satellite launch industry eyeing Homestead as an East Coast launch site -- is receiving an unusual welcome from some environmental groups fighting Miami-Dade County's plan to build a commercial airport there.

The Vision Council and other state agencies are working with two California start-ups, Space Access and Kelly Space & Technology, to explore ...

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