As Florida’s Space Coast strains to keep pace with booming cruise and space industries, a proposal to anchor liquefied natural gas infrastructure at Port Canaveral is sharpening a debate over how the state powers its fastest-growing economic engines. This week, the Canaveral Port Authority held a meeting to further consider selling a parcel of land at the port to Canaveral LNG. This matters because Florida’s Space Coast sits at the center of two rapidly expanding industries — commercial space and maritime commerce — both increasingly dependent on liquefied natural gas. — Why is the Space Coast uniquely positioned to need this type of energy infrastructure? Energy security is increasingly recognized as a core component of national security, particularly on Florida’s Space Coast.