Spaceport America Begins Construction

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday June 19, 2009 @07:34AM from the scum-and-villainy-to-be-added-later dept.

eldavojohn writes "While a lot of people are wondering if commercial spaceflight will ever make it, Spaceport America is holding its groundbreaking ceremony today. You can watch it live at their site at 11am MST. The spaceport is aiming for a diverse clientele, including the delivery of small national security purpose satellites into Earth orbit as well as research and development for scientific purposes. After getting their FAA license and securing funding, the 27 square mile development project has officially begun. The target date for completion is the end of 2010 — let's all hope for success in the milestone goal!"

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I'm not too impressed with artistic concepts. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-19 08:01 · Score: -1, Troll

I would prefer illustrations be equate to actual existing structure, like the one showing the berthen vessel interacting with the port of entry as in this picture. If engineers would only model more structures after nature, this planet would be a lot more safe and with less research and development costs.