Steve L. Howard serves as the County Administrator and Spaceport Camden Project Lead.
As Project Lead, Steve guides Spaceport Camden’s vision of developing a world class spaceport through a public-private partnership that establishes Camden County as the Commercial Space Center of the United States. Due to its central location to several existing aerospace and high-tech centers, Spaceport Camden will serve as a hub for southeast Georgia. Spaceport Camden will create a space corridor from Florida to Georgia and up the East Coast of the United States.
Steve is a member of the Commercial Space Spaceflight Federation Board of Directors alongside industry leaders like Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic. Additionally, Steve is a member of the Georgia Space Alliance Board of Directors.
In February 2016, Steve received the General James Oglethorpe Space Award for his significant contributions to the space program within Georgia.
In October 2017, Steve was invited to attend the first meeting of President Donald Trump’s National Space Council. 
In December 2017, Steve was recognized as one of Georgia’s ten Transportation Technology Game Changers by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) for his visionary leadership in making Spaceport Camden a reality.
In May 2019, Spaceport Camden was named a Top Infrastructure Project in the United States by global infrastructure strategy firm, CG/LA Infrastructure.
Connect with Steve on LinkedIn and follow Spaceport Camden on Facebook and Twitter.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- How spaceports coexist with the environment
- The history of space in Georgia
- How the spaceport will impact the economy of Camden County and the State of Georgia
- Other opportunities the spaceport will bring to the State of Georgia
- Safety of the spaceport and launch path
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