December 28, 2008
First Commercial Spaceport
The very idea that I may be able to one day afford the luxury of space travel means we must be living in the future. But where are the flying cars?
“We are on track to begin construction in the first quarter of 2009, and have our facility completed as quickly as possible.”
The terminal and hangar facility for horizontal launches is planned for completion by late 2010.
NMSA hopes to sign a lease agreement later this month with Virgin Galactic, a branch of Virgin Atlantic owned by British airline magnate Richard Branson. The firm’s SpaceShipTwo passenger craft will be the main attraction at the site.The system plans to take passengers approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) into the sky. Virgin Galactic plans to welcome 500 passengers per year who will pay 200,000 dollars each for a suborbital flight lasting three to four minutes.
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