Tag: SPACEPORT AMERICA

It's happening, people! Get your light sabers ready and throw on your Princess Leia cinnamon buns because we will soon be rocketing through space. That is, if we can each come up with the $200K needed to buy a ticket on SpaceShipTwo. But Spaceport America is now more of a reality than a aeronautical dream, which means that we will only have to travel to New Mexico to hop aboard a real-life space ...

Spaceport America is officially under construction, and, according to those involved with the project, the world will have its first commercial spaceport by late 2010, or early 2011. This past Friday, Governor Bill Richardson was on hand to break ground in New Mexico for the operational headquarters of Virgin Galactic, and eventually other space tourism and transportation companies. Virgin CEO ...

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 ...