FAA Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching Grants (STIM-Grants) have been funded by the Congress in an initial amount of $500,000 in Fiscal Year 2010. The grant(s) will be competitively awarded to spaceports nationwide through FAA's spaceport grant program, the first time the grant program has been funded since being created in 1993. The grants will be awarded by the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) under Dr. George Nield to allow spaceports to support operations and protect public safety. Existing and proposed spaceports in Virginia, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Alaska, Wisconsin, Indiana, and other states, will be eligible for these competitively-awarded grants.
In addition to promoting safety, the STIM-Grants program is expected to increase the competitiveness of U.S. launch facilities and create new jobs.
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