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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEAN-LOUIS SANTINI
Malissa Stains, President of Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce on June 16, 2011 as she gives her views on the affect of the US's 30 year space shuttle program ending in her office at Merritt Island, Florida. Atlantis' upcoming STS-135 mission will signal the end to NASA's most successful and longest running space program. The booming tourist area and haven for high-tech NASA jobs known as the "Space Coast" is struggling with sadness, bitterness and fear for the future as the US shuttle program draws to a close. Three decades of human spaceflight driven by the iconic shuttle program have fueled growth in this Atlantic coast beach community, but the end of those glory days are hurtling closer with the final flight of Atlantis on jULY 1, 2011. The last shuttle mission will trigger the disappearance of some 27,000 jobs either directly or indirectly tied to NASA's shuttle efforts, according to local officials. AFP PHOTO/BRUCE WEAVER
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Merritt Island, Florida, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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BRUCE WEAVER |
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3 Iulie 2011 |
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