Florida

Enterprise

Increase in Astronaut Launch Quantity Anticipated at Second Florida Pad Established by SpaceX

SpaceX has performed 13 crewed missions, and all of them launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. But the company has long intended to upgrade a second pad — SLC-40 at the neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — to expand its crew launch capacity. Teams test the new emergency chutes from the pad 40 crew tower in Florida pic.twitter.com/rWVj7zaHp0 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 19, 2024As a next step, SpaceX is going to launch the CRS-30 cargo resupply mission. In a media teleconference in February, SpaceX’s VP of build and flight reliability, Bill Gerstenmaier, said the cargo flight is an incremental step to astronaut launches. “We would like to do a cargo flight first if we can.

Ava Patel
March 20, 2024

Startups

Florida Man Purchases Cake’s Remaining Electric Motorbike Inventory in the US

The future of bankrupt electric motorbike startup Cake is still uncertain, but the majority of its U.S. inventory is going to a guy in Florida. Joyce says he didn’t buy any of the remaining Cake Kalk electric motorcycles, as those have been recalled for battery fire risk and steering column problems. Buying the inventory gives him “six to 12” months of runway, which will give him time to finish negotiating with other companies to sell electric motorbikes. Joyce is confident he can sell the Cake inventory after spending most of the last year honing in on a good sales and marketing strategy. Joyce hopes to find enough success to build Emoto into a brand that becomes a one-stop-showroom for electric motorbikes, similar to some of the country’s biggest powersports dealers.

Kira Kim
February 20, 2024

Enterprise, Startups, Venture

Startup Views Seaweed Blob Headed Toward Florida as an Opportunity.

Startup says the seaweed blobbing toward Florida has a silver lining

A new initiative called Carbonwave is hoping to harness the power of macroalgae to help improve coastal ecosystems and communities. The seaweed, known as sargassum, exploded in numbers in 2011…