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UK’s first spaceport will be located in Scotland
UK’s first spaceport will be located in Scotland
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The UK’s spaceport ambitions inch closer to reality
Queen’s Speech 2017: What it means for UK tech
Canada’s first spaceport could host launches in 2020
Spaceflight Bill paves the way for a UK spaceport in 2020
The Queen’s Speech: What it means for technology
SpaceX inks lease with Spaceport America, will push reusable rocket higher
Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew will soon have a new neighbor at Spaceport America, as SpaceX has just signed a three-year lease to the facility. Central to the agreement, SpaceX will move its Grasshopper reusable rocket test program from McGregor, Texas to the southern New Mexico desert, where it aims to push Grasshopper higher than before. According to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, the move was due to New Mexico's favorable regulatory situation, along with the physical landscape of the Spaceport America site. As fun as that sounds, though, we'd like to imagine that the opportunity to rub shoulders with other celebs in the commercial space industry clinched the decision.
[Photo credit: Spaceport America / Flickr]
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