# Hour 2: Louisiana's bid for the U.S. Space Academy picked up another endorsement this week

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-09-30T16:55:09+00:00
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## Resource

This hour, Newell has on Michael Hecht of GNO Inc. to talk about Louisiana's bid for the U.S. Space Academy picking up another endorsement, the Office of Safety and Permits assigning a dedicated staff to guide owners through every city approval, permit and clearance from application to opening day, the City Planning Commission unanimously backing a Transfer of Development Rights program that would let owners of historic Downtown buildings sell their unused development rights to developers building elsewhere in the CBD, and more. Then, Ben Kellie, Co-Founder & CEO of Applied Atomics, joins the show to discuss their company’s announcement that New Orleans will be the company headquarters, at a space in the Bywater. It will be combination of office space and training facility.

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