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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- One of the panels conducted during NASA’s Future Forum in Miami featured (left to right) Penny Haskins (at the podium), associate director of the Florida Space Grant Consortium; Okhee Lee-Salwen, with the University of Miami’s College of Education; Bernice Alston, NASA deputy assistant administrator for education; Frank Brogan, president of Florida Atlantic University and former Florida lieutenant governor; Steve Frick, astronaut and commander of the STS-122 space shuttle mission. The forum, which focused on how space exploration benefits Florida's economy, was held at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center and included presentations and panels. Among those participating were NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, astronaut Carl Walz, director of the Advanced Capabilities Division in NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and Russell Romanella, director, International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- One of the panels conducted during NASA’s Future Forum in Miami featured (left to right) Penny Haskins (at the podium), associate director of the Florida Space Grant Consortium; Okhee Lee-Salwen, with the University of Miami’s College of Education; Bernice Alston, NASA deputy assistant administrator for education; Frank Brogan, president of Florida Atlantic University and former Florida lieutenant governor; Steve Frick, astronaut and commander of the STS-122 space shuttle mission. The forum, which focused on how space exploration benefits Florida's economy, was held at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center and included presentations and panels. Among those participating were NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, astronaut Carl Walz, director of the Advanced Capabilities Division in NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and Russell Romanella, director, International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett