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Article: BRANSON BRINGS SPACE TOURISM TO NEW MEXICO\ VIRGIN GALACTIC TO BE DESERT HQ FOR LAUNCH PAD TO STARS.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2005
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Byline: Alicia Caldwell Associated Press
UPHAM, N.M. -- When adventurer Richard Branson looks out across the vast southern New Mexico desert, he sees the launch pad of a space tourism industry.
He envisions a state-built spaceport with roads, launchpads and giant runways, and customers pouring in for the chance to experience six minutes of weightlessness and a view of Earth they had only before seen in photos.
"We're going where no one has gone before. There's no model to follow, nothing to copy," the British entrepreneur said Wednesday as officials announced details of the plan to build a $225 million spaceport and a headquarters for ...