SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 14 -- With sky-high ambitions and a stratospheric price tag, New Mexico committed Wednesday to building the world's first commercial "spaceport," a 21st-century airport to serve scheduled flights carrying passengers and cargo on suborbital spaceflights.
Gov. Bill Richardson (D) said the state expects to start construction in 2007 on a $250 million facility that will initially be used by British entrepreneur Richard Branson to carry passengers on his proposed Virgin Galactic airline. Virgin is accepting reservations now for sightseeing spaceflights that are scheduled to begin in late 2008.
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The facility will be located southeast of the city of Truth or Consequences. Make of that what you will.
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