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Pictures of America's First Spaceport

by Tim Stevens on September 5, 2007 at 01:03 PM

Spaceport America in Pictures

We're still a number of years away before commercialized space flight becomes a reality. The day will come when you'll be able to write a check and hop on a craft that'll rocket you out of the stratosphere (without having to learn Russian). In the meantime, Virgin Galactic is forging ahead with plans to start construction of Spaceport America next year. As part of the buildup, they've released a gallery of concept art showing what the main hangar will look like.

The base (which looks a little like a cross between the Millennium Falcon and the ship in 'Flight of the Navigator' to us) is located in Sierra County, New Mexico, and will be the first chimerical spaceport in the world. It's estimated to cost $31 million to construct over a period of about two years and offers a view of the runway while enclosing a hangar for maintenance of the various craft that will send passengers into space.

If all goes well, by 2010 passengers will be lifting off here and roaring into space. They'll be quite a bit lighter in the wallet than they were before -- and not just because of the reduction of gravity.

From SPACE.com

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Tags: Richard Branson, RichardBranson, space, Spaceport America, SpaceportAmerica, Virgin Galactic, VirginGalactic

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