Firefly Aerospace is growing rapidly, and it wants to take Burnet County along for the ride. The space firm was the latest guest at the Marble Falls/Highland Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce monthly business luncheon and shared some stellar statistics about the future of the space industry in Central Texas and the opportunities available for the local workforce and youth.

Firefly, a space and defense technology company headquartered in Cedar Park, has a 200-acre manufacturing and testing facility in the northeast Burnet County community of Briggs. The company has been around for about eight years, but it recently rose to international prominence when it completed the first-ever fully successful commercial landing on the moon in March .

As of late August, Firefly has over 800 employe

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