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Space frontier boom tests Florida towns and families
Across Cocoa Melbourne and Titusville the space program draws workers and families to a frontier boom. Housing costs rise as two bed rooms fetch 150 dollars monthly while roads strain under heavy traffic. Water shortages and slow school construction echo the challenges, yet optimism and high earnings keep many moving toward the spaceport expansion and new missions.
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Cocoa
Melbourne
Titusville
Cape
Space Agency
Donn Searle
Donald Holt
B. G. MacNabb
Henri Landwirth
United States