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« on: June 21, 2009, 01:12:50 PM »
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55I5NK20090619
Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:26pm EDT
New Mexico breaks ground on commercial spaceport
PHOENIX (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson broke ground on Friday on construction of Spaceport America, the world's first facility built specifically for space-bound commercial customers and fee-paying passengers.

The $198 million project, which is being funded by the New Mexico state government, is located on a remote high-desert range near the town of Truth or Consequences.

British tycoon Richard Branson's space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to propel tourists into suborbital space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.
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