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Gov. Ron DeSantis leaned on a local aerospace company’s CEO to fill the void left after Canaveral Port Authority Chairman Wayne Justice died in November.

Carol Craig, founder and CEO of Cape Canaveral-based Sidus Space, was announced Tuesday as Justice’s replacement to sit on the five-member board and was sworn in during Wednesday’s commission meeting.

While the port recently was recognized as the world’s busiest cruise port, besting PortMiami for only the second time based on fiscal year financial statements, it also has the unique role of supporting the aerospace’s industry’s burgeoning launch activities such as rocket booster recovery .

Sidus Space describes itself as “a pioneering multi-faceted Space Infrastructure-as-a-Service satel

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