May 4, 2012 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 22-12 KENNEDY DIRECTOR LOOKS FORWARD TO EXPANDED INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Friday, NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana participated in an event with federal and state officials to discuss the future plans of Sierra Nevada Corp., one of NASA's industry partners, in Florida. His remarks from that event are below: "Partnerships are key to our future success," said Cabana. "We look forward to expanding our partnership with Sierra Nevada here at Kennedy Space Center. "KSC has an extremely talented and dedicated work force, and unique processing capabilities and facilities that can help our commercial partners be successful. "Sierra Nevada is already part of the KSC team through the space act agreement we signed last year, and we look forward to their more visible presence, as we continue to enable the commercial space industry and truly make KSC a multi-user spaceport of the future." For more information about NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov