OS: 2,000 FL workers will lose jobs on last shuttle launch

From the Orlando Sentinel regarding space coast workers:

WASHINGTON — NASA’s prime contractor for the space shuttle on Friday released estimates on how many of its workers will lose their jobs once NASA flies its final shuttle mission this summer and the cuts — while not unexpected — certainly are not pretty for employees in Florida, Texas and Alabama.

Of the 5,600 remaining employees at United Space Alliance, roughly half — or as many as 2,800 — will get a pink slip following the planned June 28 launch of Atlantis. The cuts add to the nearly 2,900 USA workers who have lost their jobs to date as NASA winds down the 30-year shuttle program.

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