Space Industry, Education & Workforce Partners Gather for Washington State Space Summit with Sen. Cantwell and NASA Administrator

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"We can see here today that many companies in the State of Washington are providing growth and opportunity for space jobs. [Washington's space industry] is providing a booming economy, and it has helped maintain America's position of leadership in space exploration. The facts are clear, our space cluster is growing fast. And in 2022 the Puget Sound Regional Council released a report that showed the Washington space industry had more than doubled in four years to $4.6 billion and had 13,000 jobs.

"These workers are going to help NASA's Artemis mission deliver and we're going to send the first woman to the moon, and then we're going to get to Mars...about the workforce of tomorrow -- and how we can help the supply chain by not only just building for aerospace, but building for space, too."

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