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First Look At New Mexico's Space Terminal
Raver32 sends us to space.com for first light on the design of New Mexico's Spaceport America. Quoting: "The winning design is the work of URS Corporation — a large design and engineering enterprise — teamed with Foster + Partners of the United Kingdom, a group with extensive experience in crafting airport buildings. When the 100,000 square-foot facility is completed — the centerpiece of the world's first, purpose-built, commercial spaceport — the structures will serve as the primary operating base for Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceliner, and also as the headquarters for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority."
Yes! In fact, the station's own weaponry was tested last night, and amazed observers report that plasma bolts from the main ray gun reached deep into Nevada.
The new spaceport will be a huge boon to Richard Branson's standing (and bragging rights) in billionaire circles, perhaps finally overshadowing the horrible and humiliating defeat he suffered in the "balloon around the world" race, at the hands of Steve Fossett.
They're coming: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/021820 2