canaveral, florida, as to what made this town what it is. even as mcdonald s. this is a nasa town already reeling from recession and now facing the loss of 8,000 more jobs from the space agency and its many contractors like united space alliance. it was very exciting for me, very fulfilling and rewarding. reporter: after 23 years, bill bender is already out. he used to photograph the trademark booster rocket separations. it s very challenging, it s shorer than i slower than i anticipated. it concerns me, i m not as young as i was. reporter: lisa rice runs a job placement agency with a mammoth challenge. there are not 9,000 jobs here in brevard county, there just aren t. there are aren t 9,000 jobs across the region, i m not even sure there are 9,000 jobs similar in the state of florida. reporter: and a lot of those jobs are simply not going
it was very exciting for me, very fulfilling and rewarding. reporter: after 23 years, bill bender is already out. he used to photograph the trademark booster rocket separations. it s very challenging, it s shorer than i slower than i anticipated. it concerns me, i m not as young as i was. reporter: lisa rice runs a job placement agency with a mammoth challenge. there are not 9,000 jobs here in brevard county, there just aren t. there are aren t 9,000 jobs across the region, i m not even sure there are 9,000 jobs similar in the state of florida. reporter: and a lot of those jobs are simply not going to rematerialize. however, local economic leaders here are hoping to replace that nasa impact of a billion dollars in salaries to the central florida economy. hopefully, those can be absorbed by the future of private commercial space vehicles like