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  1. Re:Vertical launch? by cheesybagel · · Score: 1 · on SpaceX Chooses Texas Site For Private Spaceport

    For that you go to Spaceport America.

  2. Underutilized spaceports by Animats · · Score: 2 · on Spaceport Development Picks Up Steam In Texas

    New Mexico already was screwed by Virgin Galactic on this. The state built Spaceport America for Virgin. Then Virgin demanded a better deal, and got it. Once in a while Armadillo Aerospace launches some test rocket from there. The terminal building is used for bus tours.

  3. Spaceport America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on SpaceX Is Studying Site For 'Commercial Cape Canaveral' Near Brownsville, Texas

    If he's just looking to avoid the crowd at Kennedy, what about Spaceport America in New Mexico?

  4. Re:Arizona by fermion · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Science Sights To See?
    In the neighboring state of New Mexico there is The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albequerque and the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos. Both have significant historical artifacts on the development and application of nuclear technology. The National Museum has rebuilt aircraft and launch vehicles in an large open air display area. You can get up close and personal. The drive from Santa Fe to the Bradbury museum in spectacular and a science trip in itself. Both, of course, are set up for families and have a lot of kid stuff, but both also have a exhibitions that are in depth for adults.

    If you are into paleontology or geology you might want to look at the Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu, New Mexico. There are many exposed strata in the area, and Ghost Ranch has a small museum and tour of the ranch, which, not surprisingly, is largely focused not on science but on the art of Georgia O'keeffe.

    And don't forget Spaceport America. I have not been, but they evendtly have weekend tours for a not so nominal fee.\

    Also, if you are going by the Gulf Coast, don't forget Johnson Space center. The visitor center is kind of lame, to be kind, but the tour is good. Make sure to get off the bus and see the rocket.

    And, of course, unlike arizona, you can travel without papers and not be subject to random police inspections. Ha Ha. It is a joke.

  5. Re:Sub-orbital transport dominates by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Informative · on USAF Scramjet Hits Mach 6, Sets Record

    New Mexico's already building their space port. Will be interesting to see if sub-orb traffic takes off.

  6. Re:Stupid, really by Gilmoure · · Score: 1 · on The Upside of the NASA Budget

    Yup. New Mexico's building a space port just for this sorta' thing.

  7. If you end up in New Mexico... by Mandi+Walls · · Score: 1 · on Science, Technology, Natural History Museums?
    The New Mexico Museum of Space History http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/ is near White Sands http://www.nps.gov/whsa/ and has some interesting bits and pieces.

    Plan your drive around the missile test schedule http://www.wsmr.army.mil/wsmr.asp?pg=y&page=202

    The drive out to the VLA is worth it to see the telescopes, though there's not much in the way of a museum there. http://www.vla.nrao.edu/

    I've also heard good things about lanl's Bradbury Museum, but I've never been there. http://www.lanl.gov/museum/

    Spaceport America was originally scheduled to have a hangar and terminal in 2010, so there might be something there worth checking out. http://www.spaceportamerica.com/

  8. website by Seth+Kriticos · · Score: 1 · on Virgin Galactic Signs Historic Lease Agreement

    I really hope they build better launch facilities than websites ( http://www.spaceportamerica.com/ ).