Saturday, December 5, 2009

Tickets at Spaceport America

start at $200,000.

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Postcard from Las Cruces

By Richard B. Stolley Monday, Dec. 14,

This expanse of high desert 35 miles southwest of Truth or Consequences, N.M., is the site of Spaceport America, a collaborative effort between the state and Richard Branson's space enterprise, Virgin Galactic, that hopes to send private citizens into near orbit as early as 2011. New Mexico is spending $198 million on construction; Virgin Galactic will lease the place for 20 years at a price of $200 million to $250 million.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1945349,00.html#ixzz0YpK9MSND

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