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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Giving a thumbs up during the opening ceremony of the annual Business Opportunities Expo 2011, in Cruise Terminal 4 at Port Canaveral in Florida are, from left, Kelvin Manning, NASA Kennedy Space Center’s associate director for Business Operations; Larry Third, small business specialist at Kennedy Space Center; Patrick D. Gavin, director of community relations for Congressman Bill Posey; Col. Rory D. Welch, vice commander for the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base; Tom Weinberg, Canaveral Port Authority commissioner; Stephen 'Smokey' Stover, IMCS deputy program manager; Glenn A. Delgado, NASA associate administrator of the Office of Small Business Programs; and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex “Space Man.” The event is free and open to the public. It features about 175 business and government exhibitors from across the nation and Brevard County and is geared toward business leaders who are interested in learning more about government contracting and what local and national vendors have to offer. Photo credit: NASA_Gianni Woods