Space workers struggle a year after last shuttle

By Mike Schneider

Published July 15, 2012 4:00am ET

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Space workers struggle a year after last shuttle — In this Wednesday, July 11, 2012 photo, former space shuttle worker Terry White poses in front of a mock space shuttle at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla. White was a project manager who worked 33 years for the shuttle program until he was laid off after Atlantis landed last July 21. (AP Photo/John Raoux) | John Raoux

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of former Kennedy Space Center workers in Florida are still struggling to find new jobs or match their old salaries a year after NASA ended the space shuttle program.

Some have headed to South Carolina to build airplanes in that state’s growing industry. Some found lower-paying jobs beneath their technical skills that allowed them to stay in the area.

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