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Spaceport Closer To Breaking Ground
Las Cruces NM (UPI) Jun 22, 2007 The New Mexico Spaceport Authority says the Spaceport America project could break ground next April. It is expected to be the first-ever purpose-built commercial spaceport, the Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News said Wednesday. Officials say discussions are continuing with anchor tenant Virgin Galactic, a British firm planning to send paying customers into space. Mike Holston, the spaceport's project coordinator, said the $198 million facility could open in southern Sierra County in late 2009 or early 2010, the newspaper said. A final draft of an Environmental Impact Statement will be submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration in June or July, Holston said.
Source: United Press International Related Links New Mexico Spaceport Authority Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
New Mexico Voters Weigh Spaceport Tax Impost
Los Angeles (AFP) March 26, 2007New Mexico hopes to break ground soon on the world's first commercial spaceport, which state elders envision as a 21st-century departure point for thousands of paying space tourists. |
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