In Wisconsin, the Sheboygan Press reports that the state senate has approved legislation that would create a Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the first step towards establishing a spaceport in the state. Senate Bill 352 passed on a vote of 25-7 on Thursday. (See some previous coverage of this legislation.)
In California, state assemblywoman Sharon Runner announced that she has cosponsored legislation that would extend an existing tax credit for Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) work done in the state, set to expire in December, for five years. According to Assemblywoman Runner’s press release, the bill, AB 2033, “will also expand the JSF tax credit to include any work done on the NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Program in California.” However, the only version of AB 2033 that I could find on the legislature’s web site makes no mention of extending the tax credit to CEV work.
Besides all the amateur rocket companies and rocketplane firmly at Oklahoma, what full scale rocket companies plan on lanching here? The only other Wisconsin space company is ORBITEC I can think of but they are just working on the vortex engines. Am I missing someone?
If you build it, they will come?