PALM BAY, Fla. – Palm Bay leaders unanimously voted Thursday to offer up city land as the new potential space for NASA’s headquarters.
The city council met to discuss sending a letter to Congress on the decision to support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to move NASA’s HQ to Brevard County.
The governor has said such a move to the Space Coast would make sense and boost the state’s economy while critics argue NASA should have a place in the Capitol because of federal funding.
Thursday’s resolution states the council and city support efforts to “expand the government use of the existing 462 acres of the Space Force Malabar Transmitter Annex to generate high-skill and high-wage jobs and spur economic prosperity for (Palm Bay) residents,” clarifying elsewhere that the transmitter annex is located within city limits and adding “any relocation of technology-focused government offices to (the) area is expected to serve as an economic catalyst, bringing military and civilian personnel to Palm Bay.”
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