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Virgin Galactic builds spaceport in New Mexico desert
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With all the talk recently about commercial spaceflight, no one has really paid much attention to a vital piece of the puzzle that will be necessary to launch paying customers into outer space: the spaceport.
But don't worry; Virgin Galactic has it well under control. The company, which is currently selling $200,000 tickets to outer space that will hopefully be redeemed in 2009, is working with the New Mexico Spaceport Authority to build a multimillion dollar spaceport out in the American desert.
The futuristic design has been created by British architecture firm, Foster + Partners and should be completed by 2010--just about the time I hope to win the lottery so that I can afford a voyage on Virgin Galactic.
In the meantime, space nuts can check out Virgin Galactic's future world headquarters online, or perhaps even take part in history and apply for a job building the damn thing.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matt Peckham Nov 19th 2007 2:53PM
I just noticed, that thing looks like the Millennium Falcon on Mos Eisley!
1TrackMind Nov 19th 2007 6:01PM
Millennium Falcon? C'mon... you didn't notice a striking resemblance to certain lady parts?
jack Nov 20th 2007 1:47PM
Great to see how many people are picking this up, I'm guessing space travel will be in demand! Yep, sure looks like the Millennium Falcon.
I wrote about this six weeks ago in Fancy a journey into space?.