Spaceport America | airport

USA / New Mexico / Elephant Butte /
 airport, spaceport
Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport and since its October 2011 opening has become the hub for operations by SpaceX and Virgin Galactic.

www.spaceportamerica.com/
www.space.com/13802-spaceport-america-private-space-ind...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceport_America
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Coordinates:   32°58'6"N   106°57'19"W

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  • UPHAM, N.M. - The cremated remains of actor James Doohan, who portrayed engineer "Scotty" on "Star Trek," and of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper soared into suborbital space Saturday, April 28, 2007 aboard a rocket. It was the first successful launch from Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport being developed in the southern New Mexico desert.
  • "we", does not necessarily mean "us", its private, so you can join the list for a trip into space for about $200.000 as passenger #135 (as of october 2010). so who's wasting time ? advance being brought up by private funding. This is the place people do have this specific spirit which brought us to the moon.
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