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First-Ever Private Spaceport Nears Final Approval

Posted by simoniker on from the just-like-the-jetsons dept.

bobhagopian writes "According to the article on Space.com, the Federal Aviation Administration is nearing the final stages of certifying the Mojave Airport as the first-ever private spaceport. Both Scaled Composites and XCOR Aerospace (the two leading competitors in the X-Prize competition) currently fly out of Mojave Airport. The approval of a commercial spaceport will certainly facilitate the creation of even more private-sector space technologies."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I rule because I have a fp. And you don't.

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frist psot

  3. 1st post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1st post

  4. Wowsers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How about we come up with a cure for -cancer- or hell, AIDS? Even better, you know those millions of people starving on the planet - you know the ones the media reports on when it's a -slow- news day - let's find a way to make their lives better - make the planet better, before throwing money away on frellin' dreams of self-importance. We are small and we always will be.

  5. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... Wendy "Darwin" Northcutt has announced that she will be relocating from New York to Mojave in order to be closer to the apparent location featured in many bazaar deaths that have suddenly started being reported in submissions to her well known website.

  6. MOD Parent Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dumb ass, this isn't redundant... It was the first Dude where's my car reference in the whole thread. The only funny part of that otherwise horrible movie were the space geeks who worshiped their geek leader "Zoltan".

  7. Re:What are they going to do? by Drakon · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    or possibly just to escape from their otherwise oppressive homeland.


    You mean like the United States of John Ashcroft?
    --
    Buttsex.
  8. How private is private? by vandan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With the US's current terrorism-mania, you can't have just anyone launching things into space, now can you?

    Or are these 'private' space ports closely linked to the US government like Halliburton and co?