TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in Merritt Island this morning to hold a roundtable with aerospace industry leaders.
The meeting comes hours after the successful launch of NASA’s Perseverance Rover. The rover lifted off at 7:50 a.m. Thursday atop the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, and is now on a seven-month, 300 million-mile trek to the Red Planet.
Thursday’s roundtable will take place at 10 a.m.
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