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Virgin Galactic to Build Space Port in New Mexico
aapold writes "Virgin Galactic today announced plans to build a $225 million space port in southern New Mexico. Richard Branson will meet with governor Bill Richardson Wednesday to unveil the plans. Virgin Galactic is the company leveraging Spaceship One which, as reported by Slashdot, claimed the Ansari X prize for commercial space flight."
I come in to work, and not ONE * * Beatles Beatles story on the front page?
You're slipping, Scuttlemonkey.
Apparently some people do not recognize sarcasm... /. posts to chimps
Better leave the moderation of
No, the location in New Mexico is perfect for handling (what will be) this corporation's largest customer - the USA's Department of Homeland Security. When completed, I predict that this spaceport will be used to deport illegal aliens without the burdeon of rampant recidivism.
An added benefit is that when the regime currently in power renditions(TM) "enemies of the state", they will damn well not be talking to the press afterwards.
I build KNO3 rockets for a while with a buddy in high school. We molded them in 1.5" ID PVC pipe with one end cap. Post 9/11 we decided they looked too much like a pipe bomb we we stopped. If smart and safe, KNO3 rockets can make for a really fun and nerdy hobby. It just go too sticky for me with the local fire department (while not fobidding me) frowned upon it. Anyway, I made a small concrete slab for a launch pad. It cost me about $25 worth of quick-crete. It had a channel to vent exhaust away from our "control center" I thought it was snazzy. Massachusetts isn't as close to the equator as I hoped, so we never attained orbit (actually we sayed below 1000 feet for FAA reasons). But it gave me the idea to "launch" my own reality TV show con-ing people into thinking they were astronauts... oh wait that was a different /. article.