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A Spaceport In Ohio?

Posted by kdawson on from the hello-columbus dept.

UglyTool writes to alert us to an initiative by the state of Ohio and the city of Columbus to lure Canadian rocketeers PlanetSpace to launch from an area airport (the former Lockbourne Air Force Base, now called Rickenbacker International Airport). A decision on the incentives could be made by January. From the article: "Such a package could include tax credits, financing programs and training grants amounting to millions of dollars... PlanetSpace's chairman, Indian-American entrepreneur Chirinjeev Kathuria, told MSNBC.com he expected the incentives to amount to 'somewhere in the neighborhood of $20 million.'" Five other states have spaceports approved or planned.

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  1. Re:Strange ship, and why in Ohio? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny
    doesn't have that "Cool" factor for me.

    an ICBM with a stealth fighter attached isn't cool?

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  2. Ohio story by lawpoop · · Score: 4, Funny
    As an Ohioan, let me relay this narrative to you:
    • The Wright brothers, who developed and flew the first airplane, were from Ohio.
    • John Glenn, the first man in orbit, is an Ohioan.
    • Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, is an Ohioan.
    • Now, they are talking about building a spaceport in Ohio.
    It just shows what length men will go to to get the hell out of Ohio!
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    1. Re:Ohio story by bmgoau · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your facts are inherintly flawed for one very basic reason. See Yuri Gagarin couldn't have orbited the earth because...

      In Soviet Russia Earth orbits you!