Comments on: State space policy in Florida and New Mexico http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/19/state-space-policy-in-florida-and-new-mexico/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-space-policy-in-florida-and-new-mexico Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: brent http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/19/state-space-policy-in-florida-and-new-mexico/#comment-6645 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:12:17 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=799#comment-6645 The spaceport will have Virgin as a flagship operation, to be sure. However, the Spaceport will attract more than just Virgin. The Rocket Racing League just stood up its headquarters in Las Cruces and says it will fly races out of the Spaceport. The X-Prize Cup will be there. If rocket racing takes off, there will be dozens of small companies working around the spaceport. Also, the spaceport will likely turn into a center of field activity for the new space startups.

Then, if many people that can afford 200K for a 2 hour flight spend a week in training and other things, they’ll want to go to Elephant Butte or Caballo Lakes out there.

Industry, Tourism, possibly manufacturing later. Its not just Virgin, and the spaceport may well be the focus on human spaceflight for decades to come.

Thats worth the risk

]]> By: Greg Kuperberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/19/state-space-policy-in-florida-and-new-mexico/#comment-6644 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:47:56 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=799#comment-6644 The Republican is correct! All that he is arguing against is boutique government spending. Government spending should be for basic infrastructure. The spaceport could perhaps be portrayed that way, but it is really a fancy Valentine’s card for Virgin Galactic.

Virgin may not turn out to be as fertile as Richardson hopes.

]]> By: Brent http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/19/state-space-policy-in-florida-and-new-mexico/#comment-6643 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:06:22 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=799#comment-6643 Well, there will always be contrarians…

BTW, the “republican” Damron doesn’t sound much like one, bringing in the class warfare dimension into the spaceport debate. I’m a dyed in the wool republican, and Richardson will get my vote any day in the week against this clown.

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