Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle signed legislation Friday that establishes the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the first step (maybe) towards the creation of a commercial spaceport in the state. However, as previously noted, the focus of the legislation is creating a vehicle for funneling federal dollars for the creation of a space science education center in Sheboygan. The facility will include “an IMAX theater, planetarium, interactive exhibits and potentially a zero-gravity simulator and NASA-affiliated museum,” according to the Sheboygan Press. (Zero-gravity simulator?) The article makes virtually no mention of an actual spaceport in Sheboygan or elsewhere in the state.
